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Coverage dated June 27, 2022

Fire Kills 51 After Apparent Riot Attempt at Colombia Prison

Headline from NBC Chicago

A fire at a prison in southwestern Colombia has killed at least 51 people and injured a dozen more, prison authorities reported Tuesday.

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    Colombia: Prison fire kills 51 inmates | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Prison authorities have blamed a riot for the fire, which killed 51 people and injured dozens more. More than 1,200 people were in the overcrowded prison at the time.

  2. NBC News

    At least 51 dead in prison riot fire in Colombia, prisons agency says (opens NBC News)

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    “It is a tragic and disastrous event,” General Tito Castellanos, director of the INPEC prison agency, told local Caracol Radio on Tuesday.

  3. NBC Chicago

    Fire Kills 51 After Apparent Riot Attempt at Colombia Prison (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    A fire at a prison in southwestern Colombia has killed at least 51 people and injured a dozen more, prison authorities reported Tuesday.

  4. CNN

    Colombian prison riot sparks fire, killing 51 people (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    A fire inside an overcrowded Colombian prison killed 51 inmates in the early hours of Tuesday morning, authorities said, marking one of the deadliest incidents of its kind in the country's recent history.

  5. New York Times

    At least 49 Inmates Die in Riot at a Prison in Colombia (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The director of the country’s national prisons system said that the inmates had set fire to some mattresses and produced an uncontrollable blaze.

  6. Fox News

    Colombia prison fire during escape attempt leaves 51 dead: report (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A fire that broke out at a prison in Colombia Tuesday following an attempt by inmates to escape has left at least 51 people dead and 30 injured, officials say.

  7. Digital Journal

    At least 49 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    At least 49 inmates were killed and dozens more injured early Tuesday after a fire broke out during a prison riot in southwestern Colombia, the national

  8. CBS News

    51 killed, 24 wounded in deadly Colombia prison fire, authorities say (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The deadly blaze erupted inside a detention center in Tuluá, Colombia on Tuesday after an inmate set fire to a mattress, according to the national prison system director.

  9. The Guardian

    Forty-nine inmates die in Colombia prison riot (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Prisons agency boss says fire broke out after inmates lit mattresses during protest at jail in Tuluá

  10. Los Angeles Times

    Fire kills 49 after apparent attempted riot in Colombian prison (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    A prison official said inmates of a prison in the Colombian city of Tulua set mattresses on fire without considering the consequences.

  11. WFMZ Allentown

    Fire kills 49 following riot attempt at prison in Colombia (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Authorities say a fire at a prison in southwestern Colombia has killed at least 49 people and injured a dozen more. National prisons director Tito Castellanos tells Radio Caracol that

  12. Al Jazeera

    Dozens of inmates die in Colombia prison riot (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Forty-nine inmates killed and 30 injured during attempted escape from prison in Tulua, officials say.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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