[Location - Date:COMAYAGUA, Honduras - FEB 17, 2012][Source:AP -][VO:]A TEAM OF U-S INVESTIGATORS SAYS THAT THE PRISON FIRE IN HONDURAS THAT HAS KILLED AT LEAST 360 PEOPLE WAS ACCIDENTAL.[Location - Date:COMAYAGUA, Honduras - FEB 14, 2012][Source:AM VID- VIA GLOBO TV]THE FIRE - WHICH IS THE DEADLIEST PRISON FIRE IN A CENTURY - MAY HAVE BEEN STARTED BY A LIT MATCH, CIGARETTE, OR SOME OTHER OPEN FLAME.[Location - Date:COMAYAGUA, Honduras - FEB 17, 2012][Source:AP -]THE TEAM FROM THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES WAS ABLE RULE OUT OTHER POSSIBLE CAUSES OF FIRE.[Location - Date:COMAYAGUA, Honduras - FEB 14, 2012][Source:AM VID- VIA GLOBO TV]HONDURAN OFFICIALS FIRST SAID LAST WEEK THAT IT WAS IGNITED BY AN ANGRY INMATE WHO HAD THREATENED TO TORCH THE PRISON --AND LATER THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY INMATES WHO WERE FIGHTING OVER A MATTRESS.[Location - Date:COMAYAGUA, Honduras - FEB 18, 2012][Source:AP -]MANY OF THE RELATIVES OF THE INMATES KILLED IN THE BLAZE HAVE SAID THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN A SINGLE MATTRESS -- OR THAT IT COULD HAVE SPREAD SO QUICKLY IN A DENSELY CROWDED CELL.[Location - Date:COMAYAGUA, Honduras - FEB 17, 2012][Source:AP -]BUT THE A-T-F INVESTIGATION BLAMED CROWDING -- ALONG WITH POOR SAFETY PRACTICE AND THE PRESENCE OF FLAMMABLE MATERIALS --[Location - Date:COMAYAGUA, Honduras - FEB 14, 2012][Source:AM VID- VIA GLOBO TV] FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF THE FLAMES.____ ____, ASSOCIATED PRESS.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: -------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: BOB MCCALL ---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: AP/GLOBO TV-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ROD JUSSIM----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: NO ACCESS HONDURAS----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): NO ACCESS HONDURAS --------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE:U1039w0315 222 intw mexBC-LT--Honduras-Prison Fire, 4th Ld-Writethru