The Peruvian National Civil Defense Institute (INDECI) confirmed this Wednesday: 5 killed, 11 injured in forest fire In the Ihuayllo county of Aymaraes state in the southern Andean region of Apurímac, the search for missing persons in the area has ended. The latest INDECI report added that there are 11 casualties, seven of which have already been medically discharged, as well as damage to livestock and natural cover in four areas of Ihuayllo since last Sunday.
The search for the victims was carried out with the support of the Peruvian Army’s 5th Mountain Brigade, the Rapid Disaster Response Company and the 35th Motor Rifle Battalion, as well as the Emergency Unit (UNEME) and Special Services Unit. USE of the Peruvian National Police).
Members of this brigade and members of the Peruvian Volunteer General Association of Firefighters managed to extinguish firehowever, as a precautionary measure, secondary school classes were suspended at Federico Kauffmann Doig educational institutions; According to the Ministry of National Education’s Sectoral Emergency Operations Center (COES), No. 54316 Virgin Immaculate and No. 191.
The Apurímac regional government announced on Tuesday that the first to die were 55-year-old Julio Arbieto Callo and 45-year-old Percy Pérez Baldarrago, expressing “its deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones as a result”. from forest fire.
The Ministry of Defense has arranged for a Peruvian Air Force (FAP) aircraft to travel from Lima to Cuzco with personnel from the Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) transported by Army helicopter to the city of Abancay. Evacuate four critically ill patients towards Lima.