Tegucigalpa, Honduras (CNN) -- At least 272 inmates were dead and the fate of 105 others was unknown Wednesday as families clamored to learn whether their loved ones perished in a prison fire in central Honduras.
"Everyone ran for their lives," said one survivor, who spoke briefly to local television cameras.
The fire happened overnight in a minimum security prison in Comayagua, Honduras.
The young survivor, Alex Turcio, said he did not know how the fire started but that he and the other prisoners were asleep when they awoke to the screams of fellow inmates.
The prisoners forced themselves out of the prison any way they could, he said. Full Read
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