French firefighters as reinforcements

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France info – B. Mousset, J. Raynal, AFP images

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Firefighters from southern France came to help their colleagues in Canada’s Quebec province fight the fires. The country had never experienced such a situation.

Firefighters from the south of France have just arrived in Quebec (Canada) along with their Canadian colleagues. A hundred men will help the Canadians, exhausted from weeks of fighting the fire. In a few hours they will intervene at Brand 299, nearly 350 km north of Quebec. But before they came into contact with the flames, the French firefighters received rapid training.

More than 400 forest fires registered

In Canada, the equipment is new and the techniques used are differentyou her knowledge. French firefighters also have to quickly get used to a different type of vegetation. You have to face a huge fire barrier. The fires are caused by months of drought, which is a result of global warming. Canada had never experienced such a situation. More than 400 forest fires were registered, fortunately in a sparsely populated region.

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