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The May 2010 Quebec wildfires were a series of wildfires that affected over from late May to June 2010.〔 〕 Over 120 fires broke out in one week, with most near La Tuque, northeast of Montreal. Smoke from the wildfires caused smog warnings and resulted in heightened air quality indices throughout southern Quebec, including Montreal, Laval, and the Estrie, Montérégie, Lanaudière, Mauricie, and Centre-du-Québec regions; areas such as Ottawa and New England as far southeast as Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island also reported poor air quality.〔 The First Nations reserve of Wemotaci, where firefighters were forced to retreat due to the intensity of the fires and density of the resulting smoke, was evacuated, with more than 1,300 residents being temporarily relocated to the neighbouring city of La Tuque. Marcel Trudel, spokesman of Sopfeu—the organization responsible for containing the wildfires—reported that flames as high as had been observed near the reserve. Three other communities—two of them also First Nations reserves—were evacuated as well.〔 More than 1,200 firefighters worked to control the fires, including 200 from other provinces as well as from the U.S. states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.〔〔 Image:QuebecWildfires June12010.png|Thick clouds of smoke produced by the wildfires covered New England. June 1, 2010. Image:Fires in Quebec, Canada May 2010.jpg|Red boxes outline the fires. Image:Smoke over New England and the North Atlantic May 2010.jpg|Smoke over New England and the North Atlantic Ocean. ==See also== *List of fires in Canada *List of wildfires 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「May 2010 Quebec wildfires」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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