Dubois worked lighting counter-fires
along a highway until 4am.
Their hours were dictated
by the whims of the fire, he said.
"If you don't have a passion for this work you cannot do it."
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We may seem like tough guys but we are sensitive.
We have a passion for the forest, for nature.
It is painful to watch
"I have been a firefighter for 40 years
and I had never seen such a fire . . "
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"We are waiting for rain, for snow,
for winter, for God," he said.
There was no disagreement that the climate was changing for the worse.
"We see it, we feel it."
In the mountains there is no glacier any more,
everything is dry,
the herds have nothing to eat.
Firefighters had already told Claudie Decourneau to leave home
when the July fire brought towering flames near her fence.
"I don't want to leave my animals . . ."
She wept as she watched
When the burning part was over,
and the air full of smoke,
the firefighters pulled back to their trucks,
and talk turned to the coming night.
Dubois worked lighting counter-fires
along a highway until 4am.
Their hours were dictated
by the whims of the fire, he said.
"If you don't have a passion for this work you cannot do it.
Advertisement: forever spin Made in Canada
We may seem like tough guys but we are sensitive.
We have a passion for the forest, for nature.
It is painful to watch
"I have been a firefighter for 40 years
and I had never seen such a fire . . "
Ad: Chronograph Blue Orange shop now
"We are waiting for rain, for snow,
for winter, for God," he said.
"I don't want to leave my animals . . ."
She wept as she watched
When the burning part was over,
and the air full of smoke,
the firefighters pulled back to their trucks,
and talk turned to the coming night.
Dubois worked lighting counter-fires
along a highway until 4am.
Their hours were dictated
by the whims of the fire, he said.
"If you don't have a passion for this work you cannot do it.
Advertisement: forever spin Made in Canada
"I have been a firefighter for 40 years
and I had never seen such a fire . . "
"We are waiting for rain, for snow,
for winter, for God," he said.
"I don't want to leave my animals . . ."
She wept as she watched
When the burning part was over,
and the air full of smoke,
the firefighters pulled back to their trucks,
and talk turned to the coming night.
Dubois worked lighting counter-fires
along a highway until 4am.
Advertisement: forever spin Made in Canada
"I have been a firefighter for 40 years
and I had never seen such a fire . . "
"We are waiting for rain, for snow,
for winter, for God," he said.
"In the mountains there is no glacier any more,
everything is dry,
the herds have nothing to eat."
"I don't want to leave my animals . . ."
When the burning part was over,
and the air full of smoke,
the firefighters pulled back to their trucks,
and talk turned to the coming night.
Dubois worked lighting counter-fires
along a highway until 4am.
Advertisement: forever spin Made in Canada
Dubois worked lighting counter-fires
along a highway until 4am.
Advertisement: forever spin Made in Canada
Dubois worked lighting counter-fires
along a highway until 4am.
Advertisement: forever spin Made in Canada
Dubois worked lighting counter-fires
along a highway until 4am.
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Dubois worked lighting counter-fires
along a highway until 4am.
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(Article changed on Aug 16, 2022 at 11:33 AM EDT)
