Dressed in their red uniforms, the men of the Korea Forest Service move as one, stretching and chanting along with the staccato instructions of the drill instructor. Next to where they’re warming up is their base camp, where boxes of ramen noodles, instant rice and sweet Korean snacks are scattered all around.
At first glance, you could mistakenly believe you are somewhere in South Korea.
But these firefighters are in Lebel-sur-Quévillon, a small city in the north of Quebec that’s been evacuated twice already this summer due to the threat of wildfires.
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) told CBC News over 3,700
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