Wildfires out of control and dry weather announced for the next five days for the west of the province are worrying the Quebec government, which must let the forest village of Clova burn. “It’s unheard of,” said François Legault.
” Unfortunately [pour le village de] Clova, we have lost control, we are going to have to let Clova burn,” dropped the Premier of Quebec during a visit to the government operations center.
This village is integrated into the city of La Tuque and is located southwest of the Gouin reservoir, nearly 500 km from Montreal, and has about thirty residents.
Mr. Legault is worried about all of western Quebec. “What is worrying today is Abitibi. Normétal, Lebel-Sur-Quévillon, it’s another fire that is getting closer to Lebel-sur-Quévillon, ”he said.
“Dry weather is forecast for the next 5 bears. The region will be the region to follow more closely,” added Mr. Legault. It is a little less for Sept-Îles and the North Shore, since rain is announced in the coming days.
“We have a long time. Eventually it will be necessary to take care of the wood. This is exceptional. It’s unheard of that there are so many. We can make a connection with climate change,” he said.
He added that the Quebec government only had the resources to cover about 30 forest fires simultaneously. There are almost 150 in progress right now.