Port-Cartier, Que., issues evacuation order due to wildfires. Prison staff, inmates among those forced to move
Four forest fires, all sparked by lightning, were burning uncontrolled on Quebec's North Shore as of Friday. They have forced the evacuation of 1,000 residents.
![Port-Cartier, Que., issues evacuation order due to wildfires. Prison staff, inmates among those forced to move](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7243706.1719059870!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/port-cartier-wild-fire-smoke.png)
![The city of Port-Cartier has declared a state of emergency for five days. Dense cloud of smoke above houses in Port-Cartier, Que.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7243706.1719059870!/fileImage/httpImage/image.png_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/port-cartier-wild-fire-smoke.png)
Four forest fires, all sparked by lightning, were burning uncontrolled on Quebec's North Shore as of Friday. They have forced the evacuation of 1,000 residents.