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Prison fire in Honduras leaves 272 dead

A fire has swept through a jail in Honduras, killing at least 272 inmates.

(AP) Tegucigalpa - A forensic official in Honduras says a fire that swept through a prison has killed at least 272 inmates.

Lucy Marder, chief of forensic medicine for the prosecutors' office, gave the death count to reporters in a radio news conference early Wednesday.

The head of the national prison system, Danilo Orellana, said the fire broke out Tuesday night at a prison in the town of Comayagua, 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of the Central American country's capital, Tegucigalpa.

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December 5: The End Of Prohibition

Updated Dec. 5, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.

Prohibition in the United States was implemented as a constitutional law prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 until this day in 1933.

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