Overview
- In Punchana, Iquitos, a nighttime blaze on calle y pasaje Canadá destroyed about 14 homes and displaced 19 families, with no fatalities reported.
- Residents and local reports point to a short circuit after two power interruptions as the likely origin in Punchana, while authorities continue formal investigations.
- The fire in Punchana spread quickly through mostly rustic, flammable housing, leaving household goods and animals lost and driving urgent needs for construction materials, clothing and food.
- In Trujillo’s Víctor Larco district, firefighters confirmed a short circuit ignited a house while an elderly resident installed a light, and stored plastic and cardboard accelerated the flames.
- Municipal teams, Defensa Civil and firefighters worked for hours, set up tents and supplied water and food, as Trujillo’s mayor pledged humanitarian aid and damage assessments continue in both locations.