Overview
- The Ministry of Defense and the National Emergency Operations Center reported Friday that no wildfires remain active nationwide after recent rains helped extinguish remaining flames.
- Officials say five incidents in Apurímac, Cusco and Junín are now listed as under control and continue to be monitored by military, aerial and ground firefighting units to prevent reactivation.
- Preliminary damage assessments record thousands of hectares burned, destroyed homes and lost crops with Indigenous and rural communities asking for food, water, protective gear and recovery projects.
- Response operations used ground brigades, firefighters and military air systems such as the Guardián and helibalde, but regional authorities and reports highlight equipment shortfalls and paused mitigation works that limited local capacity.
- Experts warn the event underscores long-term exposure across Peru, where about 5.7 million people live in high-risk districts, and say El Niño variability plus low reservoir levels could raise future wildfire and humanitarian risk unless recovery and prevention projects are funded.