Chile prison fire kills at least 81
2010-12-09 06:33:15 GMT2010-12-09 14:33:15 (Beijing Time)
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Relatives of inmates react outside San Miguel public prison, after a fire broke out in the building, killing 81 inmates, in Santiago December 8, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
An ambulance arrives at San Miguel public prison, after a fire broke out in the building, killing 81 inmates, in Santiago December 8, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Relatives of inmates at the San Miguel prison react as they listen to the list of names of inmates who died in a fire in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
A TV grab shows the burning San Miguel prison in Santiago, the capital of Chile, 2010, December 8. A fire at a prison in the Chilean capital of Santiago killed more than 80 inmates and made 200 others evacuated on Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Chilean Prison director Luis Antonio Masferrer said on Wednesday that there were 81 fatal victims of the fire at San Miguel Prison in Santiago, not 83.
Masferrer corrected the figure stated earlier by Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, who said Wednesday morning that there were 83 fatal victims.
