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Honduras prison fire 'leaves dozens dead' Honduras prison fire 'leaves dozens dead'
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A fire at a prison in Honduras has left dozens of inmates dead and others injured, authorities say. A fire has swept through a prison in Honduras, leaving dozens of inmates dead and others injured, officials say.
Initial reports about the blaze at the jail in Comayagua, in central Honduras, say some 100 people have been killed. A firefighters' spokesman said more than 100 people may have perished at the jail in Comayagua, in central Honduras.
Firefighters say those killed were either burned to death or overcome by smoke. Some prisoners escaped the blaze by breaking through the roof to jump from the building, their relatives said.
Some of the survivors escaped by breaking through the roof and jumping from the building, their relatives said. It is suspected the fire was caused either by an electrical fault or deliberately started by inmates.
The fire broke out late on Tuesday night and took more than an hour to be brought under control.The fire broke out late on Tuesday night and took more than an hour to be brought under control.
Local hospitals were treating dozens of people for burns and other injuries, a firefighters' spokesman told the Spanish news agency Efe. Dozens of prisoners died trapped in their cells and were burned beyond recognition, local media reported.
Some of the injured have been taken to the capital, Tegucigalpa, for treatment. The prison in Comayagua, some 100km (60 miles) north of the capital, Tegucigalpa, was holding more than 800 inmates.
The cause of the blaze was not clear, with some reports saying there had been a riot in the prison. It was feared many of them had fled in the chaos, officials said.
Local hospitals were treating dozens of people for burns and other injuries, firefighters' spokesman Josue Garcia told the Spanish news agency Efe.
Some of the injured have been taken to Tegucigalpa for treatment, among them 30 people with severe burns.
Hector Ivan Mejia, from the government's security secretariat, told reporters that it appeared an electrical short-circuit had caused the fire.
But Honduras media also carried reports that there had been a riot in the prison.