Quebec’s Port-Cartier Maximum Security Prison Evacuated as Wildfire Burns

Correctional Service Canada says the maximum-security prison in Port-Cartier, Que. has been evacuated due to wildfires. The federal agency says the evacuation order was issued on June 21 and inmates have since been moved to other secure federal correctional facilities. It says victims have been notified of the relocation. The city in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region announced on June 21 that it had declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of some 1,000 residents due to the fires. The province’s forest fire prevention agency, or SOPFEU, said on late June 22 that several fires remained out of control near Port-Cartier and Sept-Îles, although favourable winds had slowed their progression towards the communities....