Hot, dry conditions bring three wildfires to Pontiac
July 20, 2026
Hot and dry weather conditions last week caused a total of six wildfires across the Outaouais region, including three in the Pontiac, according to SOPFEU,
Hot and dry weather conditions last week caused a total of six wildfires across the Outaouais region, including three in the Pontiac, according to SOPFEU,
Total fire ban in effect for MRC Pontiac effective 9 a.m. July 16.
Last month in France, some 40 people drowned in the span of six days while trying to cool off their bodies during a deadly heat
Quebec’s largest landfill gets emergency expansion approved Last week Quebec’s government approved the temporary expansion of the Lachenaie landfill in Terrebonne, just north of Montreal,
SOPFEU busy in Quebec’s north Quebec’s forest fire fighting agency SOPFEU is dealing with a number of fires in the province’s north, due to dry
A total fire ban will remain in place across the Pontiac this weekend and into next week despite SOPFEU’s decision on Friday to lift its
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
Otter Lake council voted at its Feb. 10 council meeting to appoint longtime firefighter Ronnie Vadneau to the position of fire chief, replacing Denis Chaussé.
SOPFEU sent water bombers to fires in Thorne and Otter Lake to help contain the flames.
SOPFEU says the fire danger risk will remain extreme across the region into the weekend.
Hot and dry weather conditions last week caused a total of six wildfires across the Outaouais region, including three in the Pontiac, according to SOPFEU, Quebec’s wildfire fighting agency. Two of these fires, located northwest of Maniwaki in the TNO
Total fire ban in effect for MRC Pontiac effective 9 a.m. July 16.
Last month in France, some 40 people drowned in the span of six days while trying to cool off their bodies during a deadly heat wave. Some people didn’t know how to swim. In some places, swimming wasn’t safe. When
Quebec’s largest landfill gets emergency expansion approved Last week Quebec’s government approved the temporary expansion of the Lachenaie landfill in Terrebonne, just north of Montreal, CBC News reported. The facility, which takes roughly a third of Montreal’s trash, is the
SOPFEU busy in Quebec’s north Quebec’s forest fire fighting agency SOPFEU is dealing with a number of fires in the province’s north, due to dry weather and lightning strikes, La Presse reported. There have been 78 fires north of the
A total fire ban will remain in place across the Pontiac this weekend and into next week despite SOPFEU’s decision on Friday to lift its ban on open-air fires.
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
Otter Lake council voted at its Feb. 10 council meeting to appoint longtime firefighter Ronnie Vadneau to the position of fire chief, replacing Denis Chaussé. Vadneau has served on the Otter Lake Fire Department for 34 years. He spent
SOPFEU sent water bombers to fires in Thorne and Otter Lake to help contain the flames.
SOPFEU says the fire danger risk will remain extreme across the region into the weekend.
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