Overview
- Regional authorities report eight confirmed deaths this season and about 13,300 hectares lost to fire, figures compiled by the Oficina Regional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres y Seguridad.
- Two of eight active fires, in the provinces of Calca and Chumbivilcas, remain unextinguished and are stretching local firefighting capacity and volunteer efforts.
- Comuneros found charred human remains in Chipta (Alto Pichigua, Espinar) that are provisionally linked to an eighth victim, with formal identification pending police and forensic confirmation.
- A municipal worker has been sentenced for starting a forest fire, and families in affected areas are seeking state help for burials, shelter and recovery after losing homes and crops.
- The season follows an extended dry spell and drought warnings for the Peruvian highlands, which increase wildfire risk, reduce irrigation water and heighten long-term threats to Cusco’s farming communities.