The dry weather that persists in northern Quebec and Ontario is not helping to control them.
Among the five large fires that are still not contained in northwestern Quebec, there is the huge fire of Lebel-sur-Quévillon which covers more than 400,000 hectares and that of Chibougamau.
“There are about thirty fires on which we act actively. These are so-called priority 1 or 2 fires. If communities or strategic infrastructures are threatened, we are sure to intervene. But of course there are fires that we let go for a few days. We provide oversight, but we cannot ensure constant operations. »
— A quote from Karine Pelletier, SOPFEU spokesperson on the show Midi info on HERE Premiere
Special efforts are also being made in the Senneterre, Normal, Mistissini, Louvicourt / Lac Simon, Obedjiwan and Micoua sectors.
Weather: some instability in northwestern Quebec
Over the next few days, the province will experience some instability with the risk of showers and thunderstorms. The indices remain critical for northwestern Quebec and could rekindle the fires in these sectors.
A ban on forest access on State lands and the closure of forest roads as well as a ban on open fires are in effect mainly in the regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec .
The Ministry of Public Security indicated that the preventive evacuation notice in the Mile 20 sector, in Senneterre, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, is still in effect.
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In Lebel-sur-Quévillon, the return of residents of the municipality is scheduled for Saturday, indicates public security.
Mayor Guy Lafrenière clarified, in a video posted on Facebook on Friday, that the fires north of the municipality have not progressed and that the Society for the Protection of Forests against Fire (SOPFEU) hopes to be able to contain them shortly. .
The area of the fire that threatens Lebel-sur-Quévillon represents almost 24 times that of the city of Montreal, indicates the municipality on its website. According to her, the fire is 107 km wide and 97 km long.
New American teams arrive this afternoon [vendredi] to make a personnel change. In addition, teams from South Korea are arriving as reinforcements next week. It is more than 275 people who are added to fight the fire, said the mayor.
Interpreters will be on hand to facilitate communication between speakers.
2023-07-01 01:20:56
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