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Venezuela Authorities Say Inmates Started Deadly Jail Fire

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Venezuela's chief prosecutor said Monday that investigators believe prisoners started the blaze that killed 68 people in one of the worst jail fires in the nation's history by lighting some mattresses on fire. Tarek William Saab said prisoners sparked the flames last week in response to a "type of inspection'' being conducted by authorities at the police station jail in Valencia, 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of Caracas. In his first comments explaining how the...

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