Quebec was on the offensive in its battle against a record wildfire season Monday, as gusty winds fuelled a huge blaze in northeastern British Columbia forcing more evacuations.
Quebec Premier François Legault said there were more than 1,200 people fighting fires across the province, including reinforcements from New Brunswick and France. Thousands of Quebecers were also starting to return home as the fire situation improved.
Officials with the province's Department of Natural Resources are to fly in a helicopter this week over the 235-square-kilometre fire in Shelburne County and use infrared scanners to detect areas where firefighters should be dispatched. In B.C., two evacuation orders were issued Sunday for remote properties outside Fort Nelson as crews battled a 4,049-square-kilometre wildfire — the second-largest recorded in the province.
A convoy of supply trucks carried gas, food and other items into the region Sunday over a rough, four-hour detour, which has provided essential access to the Island's west coast since the human-caused wildfire began raining debris onto the highway last week.
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