Lightning strikes caused more than 100 Quebec forest fires in July

The Quebec agency that monitors forest fires in the province says that lightning strikes sparked 125 forest fires over the course of July.
The Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU) says those fires burned through 23,000 hectares of forest and compelled calls for reinforcements that saw 400 personnel brought in from the United States and other parts of Canada.
SOPFEU is describing the summer of 2018 as one of the busiest in recent years but notes that the rec