TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A fire started by an inmate tore through a severely overcrowded Honduran prison, burning and suffocating inmates in their locked cells and killing as many as 356 people in one of the world's

Updated at 4:45 a.m. ET: At least 272 people were killed and scores wounded when a fire broke out overnight at a prison in Honduras, forensic service officials said Wednesday. "This is a preliminary report, there could be a lot

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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.

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.