Cusco: forest fires cause anxiety in several towns [VIDEO] |LRSD

A series of forest fires which arose in different provinces of Cusco this weekend, caused anxiety in the population. The largest occurred in the province of Canas where the fire destroyed more than 150 hectares of grassland and plantations.

He was not the only one. Sunday afternoon behind the Viva el Peru hill in the district of Santiago, due to strong winds the fire it quickly spread over several hectares until it reached the territory of the Paruro province. There are more than 200 people who so far continue working to put out the fire. According to the head of the Risk and Security Management Office, Fermat Vargas, this is the one with the greatest impact.

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Meanwhile, in the town of Oropesa In the province of Quispicanchi, on August 1, the fire spread through several neighboring hills, the emergency lasted more than 24 hours, where residents, firefighters and members of the National Police worked intensely to extinguish it.

Not a day passed after the fire was controlled and in the Huacarpay sector of the same province another fire broke out, which until today in the afternoon the work continued. Two other emergencies registered in the district of Machupicchu from the province of Urubamba and in the community of Sencca in the district of Poroy (Cusco), managed to be suffocated by the firefighters.