The fire that swept through the medium-security prison in Comayagua, Honduras, on the night of Feb. 14, 2012, took the lives of 361 individuals. Devastating flames danced high above the prison walls.

Relatives of inmates await outside the National Prison of Comayagua compound in Comayagua, Honduras, on February 15, 2012, where at least 357 prisioners were killed and scores injured when fire ...

Honduran officials confirmed Wednesday that 358 people died when a fire started by an inmate tore through an overcrowded prison. With 856 prisoners packed into barracks, the farm prison in the ...

The horrific prison fire in Comayagua is only the latest deadly outcome of the larger politically driven firestorm that is post-coup Honduras today. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the ...

COMAYAGUA, Honduras - 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. With 856 ...

COMAYAGUA, Honduras - Six guards, 800-plus prisoners in 10 cellblocks, one set of keys. The numbers added up to disaster when fire tore through a prison and 355 people died, many yet to even be ...

Honduran prisons suffer from poor infrastructure, staff shortages and violence, a professor says Desperately overcrowded, unsanitary, seething with tension and violence. Hours after a fatal fire swept ...