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Another 4,500 people in the North Shore community of Sept-Îles and its outskirts were also forced from their homes due to a pair of wildfires burning north of the city, but no further evacuations are planned at the moment, he said. The number of forest fires in the province inched up to 141 Sunday from 134 on Saturday, including 35 actively being fought by teams from Quebec forest fire prevention organization SOPFEU.
"We are facing a situation that has never been seen," added Natural Resources and Forests Minister Maïté Blanchette Vézina.
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