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Three Provinces Send Firefighters to Help Quebec Battle Wildfires
British Columbia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are dispatching 101 wildland firefighters to Quebec this week. The reinforcements will support 640 local personnel already fighting 200 active fires, many burning underground.
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Three provinces are sending wildland firefighters to Quebec to assist with more than 200 active wildfires, Cbc reported. Sixty-three personnel from British Columbia will arrive on July 3, followed on July 4 by 21 from New Brunswick and 17 from Prince Edward Island. The arrivals will support the 640 Quebec wildland firefighters and auxiliary firefighters already deployed, according to SOPFEU.
The agency recorded 186 active wildfires in northern Quebec and 14 more inside the protection zone. Many of the fires are burning deep underground, which extends the time required to extinguish them, SOPFEU stated. The agency said the additional crews will allow it to manage the increased workload.
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and British Columbia are providing the reinforcements at SOPFEU's request.
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