Canada evacuates maximum-security prison due to Quebec wildfires

24/6/2024 11:54

        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.