Hundreds die in Honduras prison fire At least 272 people were killed in a fire at a prison in central Honduras, a local fire department said Wednesday. Honduras' deadly prison fire stirs furor Rights advocates decry the dangerous, overcrowded prison conditions in Honduras. A fire reportedly set by a prisoner killed more than 350 inmates in Comayagua. Angered by a prison fire in Honduras that officials say killed more than 350 trapped inmates, rights advocates on Wednesday decried dangerous and overcrowded conditions that they say have long typified the country's neglected prison system. Honduras prison fire kills more than 350 inmates COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison in Honduras, killing more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells. It was one of the world's worst prison fires and was apparently started by one of the inmates late on Tuesday night at the jail in Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles) north of the capital Tegucigalpa. By the end of it ... Huge prison fire kills over 350 inmates in Honduras COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - More than 350 convicts died screaming and spluttering when a huge fire ripped through a prison in Honduras, reducing large swathes of the complex to a blackened husk. Choked by smoke and scorched by flames, hundreds of inmates scrambled to escape with their lives after an inmate apparently set fire to the overcrowded prison in Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles ... Prison fire in Honduras leaves at least 300 dead, official says A forensic official in Honduras says a fire that swept through a prison has killed at least 300 inmates. Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates, authorities said Wednesday. Fire in Honduras prison kills over 350 inmates TEGUCIGALPA – A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells. Prison Fire Kills Hundreds In Honduras Officials described a hellish scene in which many of the prisoners burned to death or suffocated in their cells. Honduras Prison Fire Kills 350 People Skirmishes have broken out between security forces and relatives seeking news of inmates after more than 350 people reportedly died during a prison fire described as the worst disaster of its kind in Latin America in at least 25 years. Honduras prison fire kills hundreds COMAYAGUA, Honduras - The bodies of the inmates, shirtless and blackened by soot, lay on the ground in neat rows, belying the chaos from which they emerged. Honduras prison fire deadly A fire that broke out in an overcrowded Honduran prison left "more than 300" inmates dead, a Cabinet minister said Wednesday, as investigators pulled one body after another from the charred facility.
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