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Prison fire kills 81 in Chile

Updated: 2010-12-09 09:55

(Agencies)

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Prison fire kills 81 in Chile
An inmate waves a Chilean flag from inside San Miguel public prison, after
a fire broke out in the building, killing 81 inmates, in Santiago
December 8, 2010. Fire engulfed the prison in the Chilean capital early on
Wednesday, killing 81 inmates and critically injuring 14 others, prison officials
said, in the worst-ever accident in the country's jail system.[Photo/Agencies]

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