Canada evacuates maximum-security prison due to Quebec wildfires

Canadian officials have evacuated
225 inmates from a maximum-security prison in Quebec due to
intensifying forest fires in the area, the Correctional Service
of Canada (CSC) said on Sunday.
An evacuation order for the Port-Cartier Institution was
issued on Friday and inmates were moved to other secure federal
correctional facilities, without giving details.
“To carry out the evacuation, we put measures in place,
together with our partners, to maintain the safety and security
of our staff, the public, and the offenders in our care and
custody,” the CSC said in a news release.
In an update on Friday, Quebec’s wildfire agency SOPFEU said
lightning sparked seven fires north of Port-Cartier and two were
out of control.