Honduras prison fire kills more than 350 inmates TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - 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. A senior official at the attorney general's office, Danelia Ferrera, said 359 people died in the blaze that began late on Tuesday night at the prison in Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles) north of the capital Tegucigalpa ... 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. 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. Nearly 300 killed 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 prison fire kills hundreds At least 300 inmates killed after authorities say prisoner set mattress ablaze; U.S. sending aid from nearby base Honduras prison fire kills 272 inmates A fire swept through a Honduran prison killing at least 272 inmates, officials said Wednesday, warning the toll could rise with many inmates left trapped in their cells by the fierce inferno. Prison fire in Honduras kills at least 300 people (video) TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A fire started by an inmate tore through a severely overcrowded Honduran prison, burning and suffocating inmates in their locked cells and killing as many as 356 people in one of the world's deadliest prison fires in a century, authorities said Wednesday. Honduras prison fire kills hundreds after inmates are left trapped and 'screaming' in their cells A massive fire swept through a prison in Honduras and killed at least 357 people. The prison housed more than 800 inmates — well above its capacity. Prison Fire in Honduras Leaves High Death Toll A fire at a prison killed more than 300 people and many victims burned to death in their cells, officials said. Deadliest Prison Fire in History? Hundreds Killed in Honduras What may be the deadliest prison fire in history tore through an overcrowded prison in Honduras overnight, killing nearly 400 inmates -- nearly half the facility's population. Many of the more than 350 inmates killed in Comayagua prison, 45 miles outside the capital of Tegucigalpa, were trapped in their cells, according to the Interior Security Ministry.
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