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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).

 

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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

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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

 

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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

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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

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