| Comments | Wemotaci reserve and La Tuque QC, May 23, 2010. A 39 hectare fire forced the evacuation of 1,300 residents from the Wemotaci reserve. This was just one of over 50 fires throughout the province that raged for weeks, resulting in large amounts of smoke leading to a smog alert for Montreal, Vaudreuil, Soulanges, Huntingdon, Richelieu Valley, St. Hyacinthe, Lachute, St. Jerome, Lanaudiere, Mauricie, Drummondville, and Bois-Franc. |