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Three killed, 16 injured in prison blaze in Lebanon

Three inmates were killed and 16 others injured in a fire on Friday at a prison in Lebanon's Zahle city, according to a security source and state-run news agency NNA.

Prisoners set fire to furniture and tried to hold two officers hostages in a riot that started after a routine inspection uncovered a hole dug by inmates attempting to escape, the senior security source told Reuters.

"The fire was contained and the riot was controlled," he added.