CANADA’S Quebec province, not used to the huge number, scale and strength of wildfires ravaging the rest of the country, has become the latest hotspot with about 160 fires burning yesterday, most of those out of control.
In the hardest-hit Abitibi-Temiscamingue region of the province, more than 650km north of Montreal, fires that have disrupted mining and forestry operations are “worrying,” said Quebec Premier François Legault.