It has been reported by officials that residents of an Indian community in northern Quebec can begin returning home more than a week after being forced out by wildfires.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. also reported that only 300 healthy adults will be allowed to move back to Wemotaci on Saturday. Their task is to prepare the town for the return of children, the sick and elderly by making sure everything is running and spoiled food from refrigerators has been discarded.

The rest of the population of 1,300 will have to wait another two or three days.

Pierre Corbeil, the provincial native affairs minister, said, "We don't want to bring people there and then ask them to leave again."

Wemotaci was evacuated last week when scores of wildfires were burning in northern Quebec. Residents were moved to La Tuque, where they have been housed in temporary shelters or with family and friends.

Only one of About 20 fires continued to burn on Friday, remained out of control.

First Nations Report said that the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, at a meeting on Thursday, accused the national government of failing to deal with the emergency.

Chief Ghislain Picard, the group's leader, said, "This is a humanitarian crisis recognized by everyone except the federal government. Given this extraordinary situation, the government must immediately adopt special measures to provide relief to the populations involved." (With Inputs from Agencies)