The Boston Globe, December 14th, 1988
MONTERREY, Mexico - A candle at an altar to Mexico's patron saint started a predawn fire yesterday that engulfed a dormitory at a state prison, killing 20 inmates and injuring six, authorities said. Raul Garza, state communications director, said 19 prisoners died of smoke inhalation or burns at the prison. Another died a few hours later at University Hospital in Monterrey, the capital of northern Nuevo Leon state. The fire broke out at the state penitentiary when a candle at a small altar to the Virgin of Guadalupe ignited a curtain. "Yesterday was a religious holiday to the Virgin of Guadalu...
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