Quebec ravaged in turn by the flames

Hectares of forest have been swallowed by fires in Quebec (Canada) since Friday, June 2. The province is facing about 100 fires. Flames several meters high ravage everything in their path. A frightened resident filmed herself fleeing her home. In front of her, the sky is reddened by the immense fire. Everywhere in the villages, the siren sounded. A total of 11,000 residents were evacuated as a precaution.

Nearly 400 firefighters mobilized

“The fire crosses the road“, explains a resident, who is one of the last to have left his house. In just a few hours, smoke has invaded all the streets of a Quebec neighborhood. No more cars are on the roads. Seen from the sky, the fire looks like a monster, in the words of a pilot.At the moment, 400 firefighters are mobilized, but reinforcements must arrive from other regions in the next few hours.