“With the given projections, it is expected that we have enough resources to cover the summer,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Legault said an additional 200 firefighters are coming from France and the United States, and Quebec is also in talks with Costa Rica, Portugal and Chile as it searches for additional resources.
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Wet weather in the Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia has allowed that province to free up water bombers to dispatch to Quebec, where wildfires flared up this past weekend. More than 173,000 hectares have burned this year in Quebec’s “intensive protection fire zone” - the area where normally all fires are actively fought - compared with a 10-year average of 247 hectares as of the same date, Quebec’s wildfire prevention agency, SOPFEU said. More than 160 fires have been reported in Quebec including at least 114 that are out of control. READ MORE: Amid severe drought in Europe, wildfires spread and fish die off “The images that we have seen so far this season are some of the most severe we have we have ever witnessed in Canada and the current forecast for the next few months indicates the potential for continued higher-than-normal fire activity.” “The situation remains serious,” Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said. As of Monday morning that had grown to 413, and by late afternoon, the total jumped again to 42. On Friday afternoon there were 324 fires burning across Canada. “When I talk to the premiers of other provinces, they have their hands full,” Legault told a briefing in Quebec City. With more than 480 wilderness firefighters on the ground, Quebec can fight around 30 fires, Quebec Premier François Legault told reporters Monday, adding that normally firefighters would come from other provinces to help. MONTREAL (AP) - Quebec is looking internationally for support as it struggles to battle more than 160 forest fires during what federal officials say is shaping up to be among Canada’s worst fire seasons ever.
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