MONTREAL — Eighteen\u002Dyear\u002Dold Hunter Sousa from Maine celebrated his high school graduation by hopping in a truck and heading to Nova Scotia to fight the…
Eric Flores, the head of a team of more than 100 French firefighters dispatched to Quebec, says the fires are far larger — and more challenging — than what he usually sees at home.
As of Wednesday evening, he said the firefighters had been successful at holding back the flames from the community. They’ve been less successful, however, at holding back the “incredible number” of flies and mosquitoes that he describes as their biggest challenge.As of Thursday, there were 1,477 foreign firefighters in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta deployed through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, the group said in an email.
In Edson, Alta., where he’s been working, he said the focus is on securing the perimeters of the fire and slowly working inward.Article contentThe contingent includes coordinators such as Antoinette Jini, who helps organize teams on the ground, making sure the assignments are understood and the proper information gets conveyed.
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