A massive fire raged through the overcrowded prison in Honduras, killing more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells. It was one of the world's worst prison fires and was apparently started by one of the inmates late on Tuesday night at the jail.
Police, doctors and forensic technicians stand next to a stretcher with the dead body of an inmate at the Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa February 15, 2012. A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Comayagua and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped screaming inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday.
Family members stand outside a prison after a fire in Comayagua February 15, 2012. A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped screaming inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday.
REFILE - ADDING DISCLAIMER Inmates help each other after a fire broke out in the prison in Comayagua February 15, 2012. A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday. The attorney general's office said 357 people died in the blaze that began late on Tuesday night at the prison. Radio reports said the dead and missing totalled 402 people - almost half the prison's inmates.
An injured inmate is escorted by a policeman outside a jail in Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles) north of the capital Tegucigalpa, February 15, 2012. A massive fire raged through the overcrowded prison in Honduras, killing more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells. It was one of the world's worst prison fires and was apparently started by one of the inmates late on Tuesday night at the jail.
Firefighters and forensic personnel carry a body bag bearing a dead inmate outside a jail in Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles) north of the capital Tegucigalpa February 15, 2012. A massive fire raged through the overcrowded prison in Honduras, killing more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells. It was one of the world's worst prison fires and was apparently started by one of the inmates late on Tuesday night at the jail.
Family members of the inmates who died during a massive fire in the jail of Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles) north of the capital Tegucigalpa, sleep outside the morgue while waiting for news of the bodies in Tegucigalpa February 16, 2012. A massive fire raged through the overcrowded prison in Honduras, killing more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells. It was one of the world's worst prison fires and was apparently started by one of the inmates late on Tuesday night at the jail.
Forensic technicians carry a body bag with an inmate, who was killed in a massive fire at Comayagua jail, as they enter a morgue in Tegucigalpa, February 16, 2012. Survivors of the Honduran jailhouse fire that killed more than 350 inmates accused guards of leaving prisoners to die trapped inside their cells and shooting at others when they tried to escape. Victims' relatives, survivors and experts said massive overcrowding, guards' negligence and a failed justice system were to blame for the disaster, which killed many inmates who had not even been convicted of a crime.
Journalists, policemen and rescue workers stand outside a jail in Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles) north of the capital Tegucigalpa, February 15, 2012. More than 350 convicts died screaming and spluttering when a huge fire ripped through the prison in Honduras, reducing large swathes of the complex to a blackened husk.
A soldier adjusts his surgical mask as he stands in a line with fellow soldiers outside a jail in Comayagua, about 75 km (45 miles) north of the capital Tegucigalpa February 15, 2012. A massive fire raged through the overcrowded prison in Honduras, killing more than 350 inmates, many of them trapped and screaming inside their cells. It was one of the world's worst prison fires and was apparently started by one of the inmates late on Tuesday night at the jail.
Teodolinda Cruz Meza holds a newspaper article with a picture of her brother Jose Efrain Cruz Meza, an inmate of Comayagua jail where a massive fire took place, as she searches for him at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, February 16, 2012. Survivors of the Honduran jailhouse fire that killed more than 350 inmates accused guards of leaving prisoners to die trapped inside their cells and shooting at others when they tried to escape. Victims' relatives, survivors and experts said massive overcrowding, guards' negligence and a failed justice system were to blame for the disaster, which killed many inmates who had not even been convicted of a crime. Injured imates are being treated at the hospital.
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