Quebec wildfires: Port Cartier residents, city’s maximum-security prison evacuated

Approximately 1,000 residents of Port Cartier, Que., have been ordered out of their homes on Sunday as forest fires rage close by. The city’s maximum-security prison has also been reportedly evacuated. The facility has previously held held notorious murderers including Luka Rocco Magnotta and Robert Pickton.

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