Quebec lifts ban on open fires in or near forests
Posted July 20, 2026 5:27 pm.
Last Updated July 20, 2026 5:29 pm.
Quebec has lifted the ban on open fires in or near the province’s forests.
Quebec’s Domestic Security Ministry made the announcement Monday.
The ban had been in effect since July 13.
The decision was made in collaboration with the Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU), which says it came to that determination following its “interventions to fight the fires and due to current and future weather conditions in the area.”
According to the province’s Domestic Security Ministry, there are 10 active forest fires in Quebec’s “intensive protection zone” and 136 active fires in the “northern zone.”
“Since the start of the fire protection season, 336 fires have affected 124,417.9 hectares of forest in the Intensive Protection Zone, and 278 fires have affected 600,178.3 hectares in the Northern Zone,” the Ministry wrote in a news release.
