groomer Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) https://leplacoteux.com/2020/06/spectaculaire-incendie-aux-tourbieres-lambert/?fbclid=IwAR2op31ZkUR7yzSGuU3TSKFEYt9B1D_BxivPVjnGXtsQRWue1ZlEZGVWuOY A major fire intervention is underway this Friday afternoon in Rivière-Ouelle. The authorities were called around 2:20 p.m. An imposing plume of smoke is visible, due to a peat fire at Tourbières Lambert. The work is complicated by intense heat and strong winds. “A fire is currently raging at Tourbières Lambert in Rivière-Ouelle and the strong winds disperse smoke throughout the territory of Kamouraska. The fire departments are currently working to contain the fire, "said the MRC Kamouraska Fire Department. SOPFEU and its tanker planes were called in as reinforcements. "We received the alert," said Mélanie Morin of SOPFEU. "Staff are going on site, as well as tank planes". Tourbières Lambert employees were mobilized and watered the roadside edges with water boilers to prevent the fire from spreading further if it were to gain ground. For the moment, we do not know how the blaze, which is heading towards St-Denis, started. The Bas-Saint-Laurent Public Health Department recommends that residents of Rivière-Ouelle and surrounding municipalities who are bothered by smoke stay inside their home. Smoke from the current peat bog fire can pose health risks. Forest fire smoke is a complex mixture of gases and particles. The smoke plume contains irritants that can worsen or cause symptoms in fragile or vulnerable people. The main symptoms associated with short-term distant source exposure to forest fire smoke are primarily of an irritant nature (respiratory tract and eye irritation, wheezing, difficulty breathing). People who are more sensitive to smoke are those with respiratory problems (asthma, bronchitis) and heart problems (angina). jean-guy Edited June 19, 2020 by groomer zeusand, MrGutz and PLAYHARD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastMark Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Hoping people are all safe. PLAYHARD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted June 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 11 hours ago, EastMark said: Hoping people are all safe. bonjour eastmark just saw on the news....15 houses will be evacuated....hard to tell the size of the fire...too much smoke pic taken from the other side of st lawrence river......in st fidele ( charlevoix ) jean-guy MrGutz and PLAYHARD 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 MrsGTRider, mikerider, MrGutz and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Wow the size of this fire is crazy. Do these fires happen often? And have they figured if it was man made? Lastly hope there are no lifes lost in this. PLAYHARD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Blueblood said: Wow the size of this fire is crazy. Do these fires happen often? And have they figured if it was man made? Lastly hope there are no lifes lost in this. bonjour bluebood !! first time i hear about a fire that big in that area.......started in a field if i remember well .... on the news this morning , they said there s 20 fires right now in pq ... the biggest one , north of l s j .... http://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/?fbclid=IwAR2DEz7lEFIkV2FFMd_dD4VTm0861YGj_aEoerVYd2ypIrvVpiNydWB2Qa0 jean-guy MrGutz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 MrGutz, jak and PLAYHARD 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smclelan Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 I read a news article on the fire NE of Lac St Jean is sounds like a huge fire. Sound like the weather in Quebec is the same as Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick bone tinder dry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 57 minutes ago, smclelan said: I read a news article on the fire NE of Lac St Jean is sounds like a huge fire. Sound like the weather in Quebec is the same as Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick bone tinder dry! hi smclelan.... few days ago ,fire was at 4 000 hectacres....now 68 000 +......ontario and manitoba guys landed in roberval today to help on the news tonight...they said ....could have been caused by boaters.....very little fire ...poorly extenguished fire !!! temps were a bit colder yesterday ...back up to 29 c today ... very strong winds today ...pohenegamook area......trees down ...blah..blah ...blah video of a few days ...north of lsj jean-guy PLAYHARD and zeusand 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smclelan Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 What a monster!! GT Rider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 1 minute ago, smclelan said: What a monster!! yaaaa... fire started just up lake d ailleboust ... challenge kanada 96 ....went just below lac st jacques ...then along peribonka river jean-guy PLAYHARD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 on the news ...they said ... average rain in june.....80 to 115 mm this summer....14 to 20 mm fire in l s j is 720 km / sq jean-guy mikerider, PLAYHARD and MrGutz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted June 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 pic taken a few days ago....lac st jacques...l s j check map on the other post jean-guy zeusand, PLAYHARD and MrGutz 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Groomer the picture of the fire is beautiful. But is also scary at the same time with the destruction it is obviously doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted June 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Blueblood said: Groomer the picture of the fire is beautiful. But is also scary at the same time with the destruction it is obviously doing. good morning blueblood !!! absolutely right...awesome pic.....but....the destruction !!! friend of mine went to quebec city last thursday .....fields were still smoking in riviere ouelle....they were using helicopters . tough to extinguish because its peat ....fire go deep in the ground jean-guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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