Fear of tsunami, five prisons in Chile will be evacuated

Chile is evacuate five prisons, while the country remains on high alert for potential tsunamis following a powerful earthquake that hit Russia's far east coast.

SENAPED, the national disaster response agency in Chile, said in a statement on its website that the five residents are being evacuated due to their low-level location, the BBC writes, broadcast Klanosova. tv

Prisoners will be transferred to other prisons as part of Chile's natural emergency protocol, according to Interior Minister Alvaro Elizalde, who spoke with CNN Chile.

“They are being transferred to other prisons, geographically close, with all security protocols in the country”, Elizade said.

There are five (prisonment), but we will not enter further details because these are protocols involving other very important security components. ”