Feb12,2012 Tuesday's fire, which broke out at night, destroyed large parts of the Comayagua complex.With the number of dead past 350, it is the world's worst prison fire in a century.
Honduras is beginning the grim task of identifying the victims of a prison fire that killed more than 350 people.There were some 800 prisoners in a jail built for 500, and only 51 guards by day and just 12 by night.More than half the inmates in Comayagua were on remand or held as suspected gang members.
An injured inmate is carried as he arrives at the hospital after a fire broke out at the prison in Comayagua, Honduras
As forensic experts worked to recover the charred corpses from the jail in Comayagua, hundreds of relatives remained desperate for news
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