Overview
- About 77 fires were recorded in Lima on January 1, with risk-management chief Mario Caseretto citing indiscriminate pyrotechnics and overheated electrical networks as frequent causes.
- Francisco Javier Rojas Cruz, 47, died in San Juan de Lurigancho after relatives say a pyrotechnic device entered his home and ignited a blaze on December 31.
- Minutes before midnight in Catacaos, Piura, flames destroyed five homes on Calle 4 in Jesús de Nazaret, displacing 17 people before firefighters controlled the fire at 1:15 a.m.
- The Ramos More family in Piura’s San Sebastián sector lost most belongings in a separate post-midnight fire and is sheltering in a garage while seeking community and official support.
- A mother in La Victoria reported a large firework thrown through a window that set her multifamily home ablaze, with local emergency crews and neighbors providing immediate assistance.