Scores of prisoners have been killed in a fire that
broke out at a prison in the town of Comayagua,
Honduras.
Dozens more were injured and admitted to hospitals, while the rest are believed
to have fled
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Firefighters enter the prison in Comayagua |
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Paramedics carry nylon bags for corpses |
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Relatives of inmates await news outside the prison |
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Soldiers and forensic workers load bodies of inmates killed during the fire into the back of a lorry |
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Soldiers load a trailer with corpses |
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Honduran inmates outside the prison after escaping the fire |
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A wounded man is carried on a stretcher at Escuela hospital in the capital, Tegucigalpa |
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Relatives of inmates wait outside the prison for news |
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Injured inmates are evacuated from the jail |
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The wife of a dead inmate cries outside the prison |
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An official reads a list of deceased inmates' names to a crowd of relatives outside the compound |
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Relatives clash with police after entering the prison |
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Soldiers run during clashes with the relatives of inmates |
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Relatives of inmates wait outside the jail for news |
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Relatives throw stones at soldiers and police officers, who fire warning shots into the air |
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Soldiers and Red Cross members remove a body bag with the remains of an inmate |
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Honduran forensic workers and soldiers remove corpses in plastic bags |
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Police officers escort surviving inmates from the prison |
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Family members of the inmates who died during the fire wait outside the morgue for news |
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Inmates who survived the fire sit in the prison |
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Family members of inmates eat oranges while waiting outside a jail |
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Soldiers inspect the burnt prison compound |