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.
