Public security minister says some 5,500 residents of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region have been relocated
Wildfires in western Quebec have prompted thousands to evacuate the area over the weekend, while the threat of encroaching flames eased slightly on the North Shore as Canadian Armed Forces geared up to fight the threat.
He says another 4,500 people in the North Shore community of Sept-Îles and its outskirts were also forced from their homes, but no further evacuations are planned at the moment. But the state of emergency in Sept-Îles, which sits about 890 kilometres northeast of Montreal, has been extended for five days, with evacuation orders in place at least through Monday morning.“We are facing a situation that has never been seen,” Natural Resources and Forests Minister Maïté Blanchette Vézina said at a news conference involving Bonnardel and other provincial cabinet ministers.
On Saturday evening, the regional municipality of Val-d’Or announced the mandatory evacuation of several areas sparked by two wildfires and poor air quality. Located within Abitibi-Témiscamingue, the community is under a state of emergency.
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