Overview
- Hotel staff activated alarms and ordered guests and workers to evacuate after dense smoke was seen on upper floors, with witnesses reporting heavy smoke on the 19th level.
- Firefighters from the Cuerpo General de Bomberos Voluntarios del Perú responded with multiple units listed in the emergency registry and coordinated entry with hotel security.
- Brigadier Giovanni Jácome Velasco told reporters the origin was an air-extraction (HVAC) room on the 21st floor, a mechanical space that can channel smoke across levels.
- No injuries were reported and the hotel largely resumed normal activity by early afternoon after crews contained the amago de incendio and emergency units withdrew.
- Police cordoned the Centro Cívico area and SAMU sent an ambulance as a preventive measure while authorities continue technical inspections and have not yet issued a final damage or cause report.