Section 507. Removal of prisoners in case of fire

If, by reason of a jail,
  or  a  building near a jail, being on fire, there is reason to apprehend
  that some or all of the prisoners confined in the jail, may be  injured,
  or may escape, the sheriff or keeper of the jail may, in his discretion,
  remove  them  to some safe and convenient place, and there confine them,
  until they can be safely returned  to  the  jail  or,  if  the  jail  is
  destroyed, or so injured, that it is unfit or unsafe for the confinement
  of  the prisoners, until a designation is made, as prescribed in section
  five hundred and four of this article.