Comayagua, Honduras — A man walks through a burnt yard in the National Prison compound in Comayagua, where at least 272 people were killed and scores injured when a fire overnight tore through the prison. The fire was the world's deadliest blaze at a penal facility in the last decade.
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Tegucigalpa, Honduras — One of the injured inmates, who sustained burns on 20% of his body, is taken out of the operating theater in Tegucigalpa.
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Comayagua, Honduras — Riot police stand guard at the entrance of the prison on the morning after the fire.
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Comayagua, Honduras — Forensic service workers move some of the corpses after the prison fire. A total of 272 bodies have been recovered, Security Minister Pompeyo Bonilla said, adding that the death toll was likely to cross 300.
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Comayagua, Honduras — Inmates' relatives react at the scene of deadly prison fire.
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Comayagua, Honduras — An injured inmate is carried as he arrives at the hospital after a fire broke out at the prison in Comayagua.
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Comayagua, Honduras — An inmate is treated for injuries at the national facility, which held about 850 prisoners.
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Comayagua, Honduras — A firefighter is on the scene at the prison.
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Comayagua, Honduras — A policeman, right, guards two injured inmates after the prison fire.
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Comayagua, Honduras — Inmates stand in the courtyard of the prison after the fire broke out in Comayagua, a town 90 miles north of the Central American country's capital, Tegucigalpa.
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Comayagua, Honduras — A woman cries after she was informed of the death of her son, who was jailed at the prison.
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Comayagua, Honduras — Relatives of inmates wait for news after the fire.
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Comayagua, Honduras — Fire vehicles attempt to enter the prison compound amid prisoners' relatives and spectators.
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Comayagua, Honduras — Relatives of inmates hoping for news wait outside the prison after the deadly prison fire.
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Comayagua, Honduras — Forensic personnel stand by to enter the National Prison compound, where hundreds of prisoners were killed and scores injured in the fire.
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