Landslide risk | More than 70 families have relocated to La Baie

According to Steve Julian, deputy director of the Saguenay Fire Department, “like Saint-Jean-Vianney”, the threat of a major landslide is alarming. In this 1971 tragedy 42 houses were blown up and 31 people were killed.

As many as 21 houses were evacuated earlier this week following a landslide that completely destroyed one house on Monday the 8th.^e Ave. It was evicted in April as a precautionary measure.

During a press conference on Saturday evening, he announced the results of the drilling engineers. Julian explained, “The land below all is very active at depth, which can cause landslides of great importance.”

Residents need to be patient.

“We now have a total of 76 families, and they will probably be evacuated for weeks, maybe even months, so we are doing everything we can to evacuate these people and inform them,” Saguna Mayor Julie Dufour underlined. Saturday evening.

The perimeter is under surveillance

For obvious security reasons, on the one hand, security guards are also employed to ensure that no one enters the perimeter, but to protect evicted dwellings from theft and mischief.

The Red Cross, CIUSSS Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, the city of Saguenay or the Ministry of Public Safety, oversees civil security and has provided ancillary services to evicted residents.

Already, Quebec is preparing for calls for help that will certainly emerge from this natural disaster.