A fire blazed in a minimum-security prison in Comayagua, Honduras late Tuesday,
killing more than 300 inmates. Forensic teams found 150 bodies in the
building, but many more are unaccounted for and possibly dead. One survivor
reported, “Everyone ran for their lives. Prisoners awakened to the screams of
fellow inmates and forced themselves out of the prison any way they could.” Authorities
do not know yet what could have caused the fire, but most of the prison was
affected. The nation’s electric utility is going to check the wiring in all of
the prisons as a precaution, and hope it doesn’t happen again. This is the
third prison fire since 2003 that caused death.
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