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Fire-ravaged community of Jasper entering new year with hope and anxiety | Globalnews.ca

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Jasper residents are anxious and nervous for the future following the fire that hit the town July 24 .

About 5,000 residents and 20,000 visitors were safely evacuated before the fire breached the western edge of town.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada pegged the damage at $880 million .

The Alberta government's $112-million modular housing project is to put up 250 pre-built rental units in the town.

“I’m super excited just to have a hole instead of a burnt spiral staircase that was coming up in my backyard.” “Failure is not an option for anybody,” said Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland .

“We have one chance to get this right, and that’s what we have to do," said Ireland .

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