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FILE - A tower stands at Pelican Bay State Prison outside of Crescent City, Calif. The Northern California prison was on generator power for a second week and inmates were issued masks to cope with unhealthy air after wildfires knocked out electricity and choked the remote region with smoke. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)Last week flames came within about 5 miles (8 kilometers) of Pelican Bay State Prison, but firefighters protected communities around the maximum-security lockup that houses about 1,600 inmates in Del Norte County, said Dev Khalsa, a spokesperson at the fire's command center.
Originally published at The Associated Press