Tegucigalpa - great fire swept a jail in Honduras, Central America. As a result of this incident, at least 200 inmates were killed and dozens wounded. "We're evacuating the bodies out of the building and we get 200 bodies. His condition is very serious. Most died of suffocation," said the head of the prison, Danilo Orellana told AFP on Wednesday (15/02/2012).
Spoken to him, the assumptions of the fire was not sparked by a brawl between inmates. The fire started around 22:50 pm tonight, Tuesday (14/2) local time. Investigators are still investigating the cause of the fire. Fire allegedly caused by electrical short circuit or due to the action of a prisoner.
It is known that the prison is located in the region as far as 140 km from Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras is to accommodate 850 inmates. Most prisons in Latin America to accommodate too many inmates. Especially in poor countries like Honduras, where a lot of gang violence and drug trafficking.