Watch | Prisoners escape after blowing up wall in Brazil jail

CCTV footage distributed by the “Labour Union of Agents, Employees and Contractors of the Prison System of Pernambuco State” showed prisoners attempting to escape from a jail complex in Brazil.

Filmed on January 23, the video shows dozens of prisoners climbing over the fence of Frei Damiao de Bozzano jail in Recife, as they try to escape.

Moments later many of them can be seen running back into the prison after police allegedly fired at them from the street in attempt to stop the inmates escaping.

Local media said authorities reported that 40 men escaped, but 36 have been re-captured in the recent days.

An investigation was underway into the explosion.