Thirteen dead in Turkish prison fire

Thirteen prisoners have died and five others have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a prison in southeast Turkey, officials said.

The victims suffocated after inmates set bedding alight at the jail in Sanliurfa province. The fire was brought under control before it spread to the rest of the jail, which houses about 1,000 inmates.

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