Argentina ? A fire swept through an Argentine prison cellblock and killed at least 29 inmates, authorities said today.

The fire broke out late Sunday in one of the cellblock complexes of a maximum security prison in the central province of Santiago del Estero, said Ricardo Daives, the province’s justice minister.

Another 10 people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and other injuries, Daives told the independent news channel Todo Noticias 10.

No further details were available early this morning.