The Air Force deployed a C-27J Spartan aircraft to help put out the forest fire in San José del Alto, Jaén, in the Cajamarca region. However, weather conditions prevented the aircraft from dropping water in the emergency area.
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The Ministry of Defense reported that intersectoral work continues to address the emergency. At 10:00 a.m., the Northern Operational Command deployed From the Ayabaca base, in the Piura region, a properly equipped aircraft and personnel to carry out fire extinguishing operations in Cajamarca, in coordination with the local authority.
Nevertheless, The water boxes could not be launched due to the fog, mist and smoke present on the peaks of the hills in the affected area, which endangered the crew and the development of the operation.
Last Friday, the same adverse weather conditions in Cajamarca prevented an Air Force helicopter, provided by the Ministry of Defense, from carrying out water discharge tasks.
Prevented, for the moment, from continuing aerial work, The Peruvian Army, together with the Volunteer Firefighters, has been providing assistance by land to the critical sectors of Las Lagunas and El Porvenircarrying out intensive work days to control the spread of the fire and minimize its impact on the population and the environment.
The Air Force team is on constant alert, waiting for weather conditions to become favorable to resume air operations and collaborate to extinguish the fire in Cajamarca.
At the end of the day, in Jaén it was possible to unload, by helibucket, three thousand liters of water from the FAP Mi-17 helicopter, in the second mission of three operations carried out today.
