MONTREAL: Canada's Quebec province, now the epicenter of a devastating wildfire season that has ravaged the country, expects thousands more people to be forced to flee advancing fires, its leader said on Wednesday (Jun 7). More than 11,000 locals have already been evacuated - about half the Canadian total
MONTREAL: Canada's Quebec province, now the epicenter of a devastating wildfire season that has ravaged the country, expects thousands more people to be forced to flee advancing fires, its leader said on Wednesday .
The province, which is struggling to put out 150 fires, most of them listed as out of control, is hoping for rain to provide some relief. "This means that over the next five, six days, we cannot expect much" in terms of relief or the lifting of evacuation orders, he told a news conference.Those orders are to stay in place until at least the start of next week, Legault added.Quebec has deployed hundreds of firefighters. With help coming from abroad, including about 100 firefighters from France scheduled to land on Friday, the province hopes to boost that number to 1,200 in the coming days.
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