SOPFEU reports dry start to spring after busiest fall on record
May 8, 2026
The Outaouais is off to an unusually active start to wildfire season, just months after SOPFEU recorded its busiest fall fire season on record. Since
The Outaouais is off to an unusually active start to wildfire season, just months after SOPFEU recorded its busiest fall fire season on record. Since
On Sunday (Oct. 19) a small brush fire ignited in Otter Lake near chemin Milliken, measuring around 0.4 hectares. Pontiac North Fire Chief Denis Chaussé
SOPFEU sent water bombers to fires in Thorne and Otter Lake to help contain the flames.
The entire Pontiac and Outaouais regions remain under a complete fire ban following a decision on Oct. 1 by Quebec’s fire protection agency SOPFEU due
SOPFEU says the fire danger risk will remain extreme across the region into the weekend.
Four small forest fires ignited across Pontiac county between Aug. 9 and 11, with a fifth reported to be burning north of Waltham as of
SOPFEU firefighters have declared a 3.2 hectare forest fire northeast of Sparling Lake in the municipality of Thorne to be under control after working to
Brett Thoms Pontiac May 16, 2022 The fire danger in southern Quebec was extremely high last week, according to La Société de protection des forêts
The Outaouais is off to an unusually active start to wildfire season, just months after SOPFEU recorded its busiest fall fire season on record. Since the beginning of April, as of May 8 SOPFEU had responded to 24 fires in
On Sunday (Oct. 19) a small brush fire ignited in Otter Lake near chemin Milliken, measuring around 0.4 hectares. Pontiac North Fire Chief Denis Chaussé said the fire was caused by a tree falling on a power line, which could
SOPFEU sent water bombers to fires in Thorne and Otter Lake to help contain the flames.
The entire Pontiac and Outaouais regions remain under a complete fire ban following a decision on Oct. 1 by Quebec’s fire protection agency SOPFEU due to an increase in dry conditions across the region. The ban extends to campfires, fireworks,
SOPFEU says the fire danger risk will remain extreme across the region into the weekend.
Four small forest fires ignited across Pontiac county between Aug. 9 and 11, with a fifth reported to be burning north of Waltham as of Tuesday morning. Most municipalities are enforcing total fire ban as high fire risk continues.
SOPFEU firefighters have declared a 3.2 hectare forest fire northeast of Sparling Lake in the municipality of Thorne to be under control after working to extinguish it all weekend.
Brett Thoms Pontiac May 16, 2022 The fire danger in southern Quebec was extremely high last week, according to La Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU), a not-for-profit organization based in Quebec, dedicated to the prevention of
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