ABUYOG, Philippines: Nine prisoners were killed when fire ripped through the psychiatric ward of a provincial jail, Philippine authorities said Friday, adding the facility was operating at more than double its capacity.
Wardens as well as inmates scrambled to save prisoners from their cells Thursday as the blaze struck the maximum security section of the regional prison on Leyte island, 620 kilometres (386 miles) southeast of Manila, according to the justice ministry.
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