Hydro-Québec Workers, Vulnerable Cree Community Members Evacuated Due to Wildfires

Society of Protection of Forests from Fire (SOPFEU) prevention agent Melanie Morin walks through an area of burned forest in the area surrounding Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que., July 5, 2023. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Residents of northwestern Quebec have been evacuated because of high-intensity forest fires raging near Cree communities and Hydro-Québec infrastructure.

The Cree Board of Health says seven planes were deployed to the community of Wemindji on Wednesday and Thursday to evacuate more than 200 medically vulnerable people.