Wildfire, Shifting Winds Force Evacuation of Northern Quebec Communities

Smoke rises from burning trees near Chapais, in Northern Quebec, on June 2, 2023 in this image provided by the fire prevention agency known as SOPFEU. The Canadian Press/HO-SOPFEU Prevention and Communications-Audrey Marcoux

Residents of two northern Quebec communities are the latest to be hastily evacuated as a result of the province’s wildfires.

Officials in Chibougamau and the nearby Cree community of Oujé-Bougoumou ordered the evacuations Tuesday night due to approaching forest fires and shifting winds in the north.