At least 49 dead and 30 injured after horror prison riot sparks fires in Colombian jail

AT least 49 inmates have been killed after a mass brawl broke out across a Colombia jail. Riot officers were scrambled to the scene following reports that inmates had started a fire in the early hours of Tuesday morning. AFPForty-nine inmates died during an overnight riot in a prison[/caption] General Tito Castellanos, the head of the INPEC prison agency, local Caracol Radio labelled the horror riot as “tragic and disastrous event.” “There was a situation, apparently a riot, the prisoners lit some mattresses and a conflagration occurred with unfortunately triggered the death of 49 prisoners.” General Castellanos added that the prison had a total number of 1,267 inmates and around 30 people were injured.