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Official: 358 killed in Honduras prison fire

Blaze brings jail conditions under scrutiny

By Freddy Cuevas and Marcos Aleman

 |  associated Press  

  February 16, 2012

Honduran officials confirmed Wednesday that 358 people died when a fire tore through an overcrowded prison, making it the world’s deadliest prison fire in a century.

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