Quebec’s natural resources minister says wilderness firefighters are now taking the offensive
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre said there were 431 fires burning on Thursday in nine provinces and two territories. That was down from 441 Wednesday, with Quebec extinguishing 10 fires since Wednesday morning. The number of out-of-control fires also fell from 256 on Wednesday to 234 on Thursday, including a change in status for more than a dozen fires in Quebec.
She says there are still 131 fires burning in the province, but the number of out of control fires has dropped by 28 to 44. With no rain expected in affected areas before Tuesday, she says the flammability index remains high.Firefighters from three provinces, the United States and Canada’s Department of National Defence are in southwestern Nova Scotia Sunday to battle the largest wildfire in the province’s history.
The Barrington Lake fire in Shelburne County has grown to about 235 square kilometres since it first broke out on May 27.The Canadian PressShifting winds and cooling temperatures today are helping firefighters battling the out-of-control wildfire threatening the northeastern British Columbia community of Tumbler Ridge.
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