May 30, 2025, 18:10

Published by : Cabinet du ministre de la Sécurité publique
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QUÉBEC, May 30, 2025 /CNW/ - The Ministère de la Sécurité publique (MSP) will totally lift the ban on open fires in or near forests as of May 30th, at 8:00 p.m. This decision was made in collaboration with SOPFEU. The ban has been in effect since May 28th. 

Provincial update

At present in Quebec, there are no active forest fire in the intensive protection zone (IPZ). Since the start of the protection season, 104 fires have affected 105,8 hectares of forest in IPZ. The average for the last 10 years at the same date is 195 fires for an area of 253,8 hectares burned. 

For information on forest fires, please visit the Gouvernement du Québec's Forest fires web page and the SOPFEU website.

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