Personnel are expected as reinforcements, including a team of American and military specialists.
The winds will be from the north, northwest, so push the fire towards Normal and Saint-Lambert. We continue our work with ground crews, with heavy machinery and with helicopter sprays
says Mélanie Morin of SOPFEU.
Josée Poitras, spokesperson for SOPFEU, specifies that the fire has reached 2000 hectares of burnt forest. Despite the temperature, the weather, the fire will always show activity
She adds.
» We will try to save the village. »
The director of the Normétal fire department reports that the morale of the troops is good. She does not believe that citizens will be able to return to their homes today because of the smoke.
The situation is improving in Lebel-sur-Quévillon
Conversely, the expected changes in wind direction will improve the situation in Lebel-sur-Quévillon where the fire stopped one kilometer from the municipality on Sunday.
The fire head will not approach the city. The machinery is still on site, we are building a mechanized stop line
adds Josée Poitras from SOPFEU.
In Quebec, 156 fires are active.
Josée Poitras recalls two important prohibitions, that of avoiding traveling in the forest and making open fires.
Classes canceled in Abitibi
The smoke is present as far as downtown Val-d’Or.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Jean-Michel Cotnoir
The Or-et-des-Bois School Service Center announced that classes are suspended this Monday at La Concorde High School, Center La Concorde and Polyvalente Le Carrefour.
The victims who were housed there over the weekend are still there.
In Abitibi-Ouest, school transportation is canceled for the northern sector. The Normetal pavilion is closed until further notice. In La Sarre, victims are also welcomed at the Cité Étudiante Polyno secondary school.
On Sunday, Val-Paradis declared a state of emergency and the citizens of the village and ranges two to seven west of Beaucanton had to go there.
Classes normally take place in the schools of the Harricana School Service Center.
Management says it is monitoring the situation closely.
Evacuations and state of emergency
On Sunday, the Municipality of Senneterre declared a state of emergency.
An evacuation notice was issued Saturday morning in the Aboriginal community of Lac-Simon.
Lac-Simon police officers carried out roadside checks over the weekend
Photo: Radio-Canada / Jean-Michel Cotnoir
Approximately 1,800 people live in Lac-Simon and hundreds of them have been welcomed to the Val-d’Or arena. The situation will be reassessed on Monday morning.
Sorry to have had to leave their homes, some appreciate the community spirit that reigns there.
The sectors of Louvicourt, Lake Wyeth, Lake Gueguen, Lake Matchi-Manitou and Lake Villebon were evacuated on Saturday.
These sectors are located 30 kilometers east of the urban core of Val-d’Or.
On the night of Friday to Saturday, the citizens of Lebel-sur-Quévillon in Nord-du-Québec had to leave their homes.
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