Forest Fires In Quebec
The CBC reports that Quebec forest fires force 1,300 from homes:
Forest fires have forced 1,300 people from their homes on the Wemotaci First Nation reserve, located about 300 kilometres north of Trois-Rivières in central Quebec.
Four forest fires are burning out of control on the territory, and smoke and burning sparks were starting to affect the village, according to SOPFEU, Quebec’s forest fire protection agency.
Many residents are staying at an emergency shelter set up at a school in La Tuque, where the Red Cross is providing assistance.
The area is a lot like the Adirondacks of New York and the original New World home of many of the French Canadians in my family tree. Lots of old growth in those forests.
Roads are in short supply and the water bombers don’t seem to be making much of an impression on the fires.
