Authorities in the northern Quebec town of Fermont have lifted an evacuation pre-alert as the risk from a forest fire on the other side of the provincial boundary with Newfoundland and Labrador has subsided.
Fermont officials say the risks have reduced considerably over the past 24 hours, with weather conditions, fire intensity, rains, humidity and wind direction all favouring the city of about 2,500 people about 940 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
