framed building was designed in the spring of 2002 to house illegal migrants and drug smuggling suspects. By the end of 2002 the facility of some 6,200 square metres was in use. A total of some 350 detainees were being held in the complex at the time of the fire. A spokesman for one of the construction firms said fires of this kind were almost unknown in buildings of this kind. --SP 1425 Local Time 1125 GMT
