Quebec's Port-Cartier optimum security jail left as wildfire burns

MONTREAL-- Authorities state wildfires burning in Quebec have actually required the evacuation of inmates from a maximum security jail, as favorable winds strengthened efforts to fight a pair of out-of-control blazes north of the city of Port-Cartier. Correctional Service Canada said the evacuation order was released Friday and prisoners have actually given that been relocated to other safe and secure federal reformatories. The Port-Cartier Institution has been associated with a variety of well-known bad guys, including serial killer Robert Pickton, who died in late May after being attacked at the prison by another prisoner. Officials with the city in the Côte-Nord region announced Friday that it had actually declared a state of emergency situation.