Abuyog, Leyte: Ten inmates of the maximum Security Compound of Abuyog Penal Colony in Barangay Cagbolo here have died after the building caught fire on Thursday afternoon.

Philippine National Police Eastern Visayas spokesman Chief Insp. Mark Nalda said that initial reports showed that the fire was triggered by faulty electrical wirings at the comfort room of the penal colony.

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