Overview
- The Junín street fire next to Peru’s Congress was declared confined after a large deployment, with four firefighters treated for injuries and water pressure boosted with additional cisterns.
- The government is weighing an emergency declaration for the affected Lima zone as officials begin damage assessments, household registration and plans for temporary shelters and aid.
- Lima’s municipality said intelligence links the Congress-area incident to a planned march and did not rule out deliberate ignition, while investigators work to determine the cause.
- Hours later, a separate blaze in a Huanta gallery in Barrios Altos damaged roughly 20 to 25 stalls, drew at least 10–14 fire units, and faced water-supply constraints, with no injuries initially reported.
- In Argentina’s Córdoba province, a hard-to-access wildfire in Guasapampa/Traslasierra has burned about 4,000 hectares, with 150–160 responders and seven aircraft engaged as officials cite likely lightning ignition after brief weather relief.