Overview
- Neighbors reported a blaze around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 25 in La Rinconada, Mariano Melgar, with details based on the owner’s and residents’ accounts published by La República.
- Owner Esteban Ccahuana says a firework struck his storage area, igniting wood and melamine before two gas cylinders exploded and intensified the fire.
- He was alerted by neighbors and traveled from Juliaca to Arequipa as the workshop was consumed.
- Reported losses include three wood-cutting machines, several bicycles and a room destroyed, leaving a total material loss.
- Ccahuana is requesting donations via Yape at 959 099 048, noting this comes a month after losing family members in the Camaná accident that killed more than 30 people.