After three days of work, the fire that started at noon on June 28 at the “Llamakancha” archaeological site, located in the San Antonio sector of Toronto, at Km 95 of the Machu Picchu-Hydroelectric route, in Cusco , has already been controlled, as reported by the mayor of the district of Machupicchu, Darwin Baca León.
“Fortunately, it has been possible to controlboth the right and left margin of the fire as corresponds, but still in the head of the mountain there are sources that are active “commented to RPP News.
Along these lines, the mayor pointed out that Permanent monitoring and the presence of brigades have been arranged in the event of any incident that occurs in the area.
It should be noted that, in the disaster area, there are brigade members from the Municipality of Machu Picchu, Sernanp, Directorate of Culture, Consettur, National Police, and fire prevention specialists from France.
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On the other hand, local authorities continue to carry out the Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (EDAN). Until now, the event has destroyed 40 hectares of natural cover. No damage to life or health of people is reported.
In addition, -according to the aforementioned media- it was established that the incident was started by a local resident who was trying to clean up his plot by burning waste.
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