Unprecedented Forest Fires in Quebec: Latest Updates and News

2023-06-05 17:47:12

“We have a long time to come,” noted Prime Minister François Legault, visiting the Government Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Security, in Quebec, before taking stock of the raging forest fires.

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“What is worrying today is Abitibi,” reported the Premier, naming, among other things, Normétal and Lebel-sur-Quévillon, during an image shoot with the authorities coordinating the efforts. forest fire fighting.

In Clova, near La Tuque, in Mauricie, the situation is such that the authorities will have no choice but to let the village burn, conceded François Legault, in front of the cameras.

Given the number of fires, “it’s unheard of”, worried the Prime Minister.

“We can make a link with climate change,” he added. According to the order of priorities, the authorities will first take charge of the people, then the strategic infrastructures, including those of Hydro-Québec, and lastly, the wood.

François Legault must take stock of the situation over the next few minutes, during a press conference with the Minister of Public Security, François Bonnardel, and the Minister of Natural Resources and Forests, Maïté Blanchette Vézina.

More details to come…

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