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    February 15, 2012

Hundreds Dead in Honduras Prison Fire

   VOA News
   Inmates' relatives stand at the gates of the prison in Comayagua,
   Honduras, after a fire broke out inside the prison early Wednesday,
   Feb. 15, 2012.
   Photo: AP
   Inmates' relatives stand at the gates of the prison in Comayagua,
   Honduras, after a fire broke out inside the prison early Wednesday,
   Feb. 15, 2012.

   Officials say at least 272 inmates were killed in a prison fire in
   central Honduras Wednesday.
   Authorities have not said what caused the blaze in the town of
   Comayagua, located north of the capital of Tegucigalpa. Danilo
   Orellana, the head of Honduras' prison system, says many of the
   prisoners either burned to death or suffocated in their cells.
   The prison housed more than 800 prisoners inside its walls.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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