
Honduras: US investigators concluded on Tuesday that the deadliest prison fire in a century was accidental, and may have been caused by a lit match, cigarette or some other open flame. The US Embassy in Honduras said in a statement that a team of investigators from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives "was able to rule out other possible causes of the fire, such as a lightning...

04:33 AM, Feb 22, 2012

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates in one of the world's deadliest fires in decades, authorities said on Wednesday. Some 475 people escaped from the prison in the town of Comayagua and 356 are missing and presumed dead, said Hector Ivan Mejia, a spokesman for the Honduras Security Ministry. He said 21 people had been...

08:59 AM, Feb 16, 2012

Honduras: A fire started by an inmate tore through an aging and 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 on Wednesday. The local governor, a former prison employee, told reporters that an inmate called her moments before the fire and said he was going to...

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