Honduras prison fire

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Updated On Feb 16, 2012 02:56 pm IST

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Relatives of inmates stand outside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. AP Photo/Esteban Felix

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Relatives of inmates stand outside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. AP Photo/Esteban Felix

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Soldiers stand in front of forensic workers filling bags with inmate bodies killed when a fire broke out inside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

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Soldiers stand in front of forensic workers filling bags with inmate bodies killed when a fire broke out inside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

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Members of the Honduran Red Cross carry the remains of a convict from the National Prison in Comayagua, some 90 kms north fo Tegucigalpa. (AFP Photo/Orlando Sierra)

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Members of the Honduran Red Cross carry the remains of a convict from the National Prison in Comayagua, some 90 kms north fo Tegucigalpa. (AFP Photo/Orlando Sierra)

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Police personnel carry an injured inmate out of the National Prison compound in Comayagua, (Honduras.topshots/AFP photo)

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Police personnel carry an injured inmate out of the National Prison compound in Comayagua, (Honduras.topshots/AFP photo)

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A forensic worker stands next to bags with bodies of inmates killed during a fire inside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

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A forensic worker stands next to bags with bodies of inmates killed during a fire inside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

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Blanca Flores, wife of dead inmate Oscar Soto, cries outside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Blanca Flores, wife of dead inmate Oscar Soto, cries outside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Soldiers and forensic workers load into a truck bodies of inmates killed during a fire inside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Soldiers and forensic workers load into a truck bodies of inmates killed during a fire inside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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A surviving inmate at the National Prison of Comayagua in central Honduras. The prison held around 850 prisoners. AFP

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A surviving inmate at the National Prison of Comayagua in central Honduras. The prison held around 850 prisoners. AFP

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A wounded man is carried on a stretcher at Escuela hospital in the capital Tegucigalpa. Reuters

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A wounded man is carried on a stretcher at Escuela hospital in the capital Tegucigalpa. Reuters

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Forensic personnel prepare to enter the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

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Forensic personnel prepare to enter the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

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Firefighters stand outside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. AP

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Firefighters stand outside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. AP

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Forensic personnel prepare to enter the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

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Forensic personnel prepare to enter the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

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Inmates' relatives stand at the gates of the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. AP

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Inmates' relatives stand at the gates of the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. AP

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An injured inmate is carried away after a fire broke out at the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. AP

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An injured inmate is carried away after a fire broke out at the prison in Comayagua, Honduras. AP

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A woman cries as she is told about the death of her son, who was jailed at the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

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A woman cries as she is told about the death of her son, who was jailed at the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

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Army soldiers advance to regain full control of the perimeter fence after relatives of the inmates throw stones at them, at the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

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Army soldiers advance to regain full control of the perimeter fence after relatives of the inmates throw stones at them, at the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

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An injured inmate is carried as he arrives at the hospital after a fire broke out at the prison in Comayagua, Honduras, a town 90 miles (140 kilometers). AP

Updated on Feb 16, 2012 02:56 pm IST

An injured inmate is carried as he arrives at the hospital after a fire broke out at the prison in Comayagua, Honduras, a town 90 miles (140 kilometers). AP

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A woman cries after she was informed of the death of her son, who was jailed at the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

Updated on Feb 16, 2012 02:56 pm IST

A woman cries after she was informed of the death of her son, who was jailed at the National Prison compound in Comayagua, Honduras. AFP

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An inmate reacts while standing next to another inmate and a police officer outside the prison in Comayagua. A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday. The attorney general's office said 357 people died in the blaze that began late on Tuesday night at the prison in Comayagua, north of the capital Tegucigalpa. Radio reports said the dead and missing totalled 402 people - almost half the prison's inmates. Reuters

Updated on Feb 16, 2012 02:56 pm IST

An inmate reacts while standing next to another inmate and a police officer outside the prison in Comayagua. A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday. The attorney general's office said 357 people died in the blaze that began late on Tuesday night at the prison in Comayagua, north of the capital Tegucigalpa. Radio reports said the dead and missing totalled 402 people - almost half the prison's inmates. Reuters

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