A wildfire has reached the Canadian town of Jasper, Alberta with firefighters battling to save properties.
The pipeline, which can carry 890,000 barrels of oil per day from Edmonton to Vancouver, runs through a national park in the Canadian Rockies near the picturesque tourist town.
Samantha Gagne, who was camping in a town just south of Jasper, was forced to evacuate, saying it "all unfolded quite quickly".
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