International Reinforcements Arrive in Quebec as 140 Wildfires Still Burning

Quebec Premier Francois Legault, right, speaks to officials while forest fires are raging as he visits the crisis operation centre in Quebec City, June 7, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Dozens of firefighters from France have arrived in Quebec, where they'll join the fight against the more than 140 fires burning across the province.

Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency says the French firefighters are expected to head today to Roberval, in the province’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, for a briefing before they begin fighting fires.