COMAYAGUA, Honduras (Reuters) - Survivors of a Honduran prison fire that killed more than 350 inmates accused guards of leaving inmates to die inside their cells and shooting at others who tried to escape the flames.
"It was total chaos. People were running for their lives, shots were being fired. People were being burned alive," said prison chaplain Reynaldo Moncada, who arrived at the scene shortly after the conflagration broke out.
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