Laurentian Hills firefighters responded quickly to a bush fire off McConnell Lake Road in Rapides des Joachims shortly after 5 pm on Sunday.
The fire was about a half-acre in size and is believed to have been started from stove ashes which had been emptied a few days earlier.
The property owner believed the ashes were fully out at the time but, with the dry conditions and a little bit of wind, they retained enough heat to ignite the fine fuels on the forest floor and start the fire.
Fourteen firefighters attended the scene with multiple fire apparatus and quickly brought the fire under control, preventing any damage to adjacent properties and structures.
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