Honduras prison fire kills at least 272 A fire has swept through a jail in Honduras, killing at least 272 people, a fire department spokesman said on Wednesday. Many of the dead were believed to be inmates. "In the cells there are more than 100 charred bodies," the spokesman told Reuters, adding that there were reports of shooting inside the jail late on Tuesday, when the fire was believed to have started. The prison is in the town of Comayagua, about 50 miles north of the capital, Tegucigalpa.