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Lima Logs 91 New Year Fires as Pyrotechnics Fuel Emergencies

Fire officials counted 144 emergencies nationwide by midday.

Overview

  • The national fire service reported 91 fires in Lima from midnight to about 1 p.m., updating an earlier municipal figure of 77.
  • Authorities attributed most outbreaks to mishandled fireworks that set roofs, vacant lots and dry vegetation alight.
  • A high‑complexity code‑3 fire at a Santa Anita pyrotechnics workshop drew more than 20 units and about 70 firefighters, and one man was hospitalized for inhalation.
  • San Juan de Lurigancho registered a code‑3 blaze, and about 200 meters of vegetation burned on the Miraflores Costa Verde cliffs, according to brigadier mayor Javier Erken.
  • Firefighter ambulances handled roughly 35 medical emergencies, vehicle crashes numbered around 20, and crews responded to about 10 GLP gas‑leak incidents; Miraflores reiterated its pyrotechnics ban with fines over S/15,000 for sellers and S/5,150 for users.