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

Local forensic services head Lucy Marder says that the number could rise.

Some prisoners escaped the blaze at the jail in Comayagua by breaking through the roof to jump from the building, their relatives said.

Officials are examining whether an electrical fault caused the blaze. The fire broke out late on Tuesday night and took more than an hour to be brought under control.

Dozens of prisoners died trapped in their cells and were burned beyond recognition.

The prison in Comayagua, some 100km (60 miles) north of the capital, Tegucigalpa, was holding more than 800 inmates and it many of them are said to have escaped in the chaos.

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