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 Friday 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 Cote-Nord region announced Friday that it had declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of some 1,000 residents due to the fires.