Quebec fire authorities say they're unable to bring all fires under control

Quebec’s fire authority says it’s unable to bring all 143 fires burning in the province under control. It says it can only attack between 20 to 30 fires at a time until reinforcement arrives.

“We took charge of 35 fires today, compared to 21 yesterday. We chose specific fires to protect our critical infrastructures, but above all to protect our population,” said Public Security Minister François Bonnardel at a news conference Sunday.

“All our resources are concentrated on these fires.” 

Armed forces and firefighters from outside the province started arriving Saturday to help local firefighters. About 100 soldiers are on the ground and 550 more firefighters are on the