2023-06-21 10:11:13
According to the most recent data presented Tuesday morning by the Minister of Natural Resources and Forests, Maïté Blanchette Vézina, 87 fires are still active in the intensive zone and 23 more in the northern zone.
In the intensive zone, 17 fires are still considered out of control, 26 are under control while the others are contained. In the northern zone, only one fire is considered to be under control and 18 are under observation.
However, the hot and dry weather forecast at least until Sunday might fan many fires, in addition to lighting others, underlined the minister.
We might see a resumption of the vigor of several fires that we had managed to bring under control, fears Mrs. Blanchette Vézina.
The Minister of Natural Resources of Quebec and Forests, Maïté Blanchette Vézina.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Sylvain Roy Roussel
“This week will be critical in Quebec due to expected high temperatures and little precipitation expected over the next four days. »
— A quote from Maïté Blanchette Vézina, Minister of Natural Resources and Forests
In anticipation of the warm weather and winds over the next few days, the flammability rating will go from high to extreme in many areas.
Preventive measures will be deployed in several regions. The public forest prohibition perimeter will be extended in particular in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Mauricie, Nord-du-Québec, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Côte-Nord regions.
The ban on open fires anywhere north of the St. Lawrence River is also maintained until further notice. This prohibition includes the use of combustible lanterns, cooking fires, any device producing sparks as well as fireworks.
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With the arrival of the national holiday and Canada Day in the coming weeks, we will ask the population, civil society organizations and municipalities to exercise extreme caution, warned the Minister of Forests. .
The very early forest fire season this year has already consumed more than 1.4 million hectares of forest in Quebec, or 182 times more than the average of the last 10 years at the same date.
More than 1,500 forest firefighters are currently fighting the many fires that are ravaging the forests of Quebec.
Firefighters will not be idle this summer in Canada according to the seasonal forecasts published Tuesday by Environment and Climate Change Canada which show a high probability of temperatures above normal from June to September, and this, on practically all the Canadian territory. .
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