Quebec now taking the offensive against forest fires: natural resources minister
But later in the day, Chibougamau Mayor Manon Cyr said in a video posted on the municipal Facebook page that the city’s approximately 7,500 residents could begin returning to their homes on Monday morning, though warned that services will be limited and there will still be smoke in the air.
Flore Bouchon, spokeswoman for Blanchette Vézina, said in interview that the situation in Chibougamau has improved and that while the province is in agreement about the return, the municipality has final say on the evacuation order.
Lebel-sur-Quevillon Mayor Guy Lafreniere said the fire has not moved in the past three days. More than 100 firefighters from the United States are expected to arrive on Tuesday and Wednesday to help fight the fire, he said in a live video broadcast on the city’s Facebook page.
More than one million hectares of forest has burned so far in Quebec this year, including nearly 750,000 hectares in what the province’s forest fire prevention and fighting service calls it’s “intensive protection zone” — all of Quebec south of the 50th or 51st parallel, depending on the area.
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