The alarms of several first response institutions were activated when they confirmed that a forest fire had started in the Santa Bárbara sector.
Thus, a group of members of the Huancavelica Fire Company No. 56 boarded their firefighting unit and rushed to that place, where they found that the ichu branches located in a water outlet from the heights were burning.
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Thus, the personnel of the Fire Company took the initiative and began to attend to the emergency and despite the lack of equipment to attend to forest fires, with dexterity and ability, they quickly managed to control the tongues of fire.
There were two imminent dangers in the event that this fire reaches majors, the first that it could reach some houses near the place and the other that it reaches a nearby pine forest that was in the place.
In statements to the media, the first chief of the Huancavelica Fire Company, CBP Lieutenant Rafael Rojas Huanqui, stated that in a certain sector the ichu was over, so the flames ran out of fuel and could easily be controlled.
He also said that after that, the firefighters dedicated themselves to the removal measures, the same ones that were carried out in order to prevent it from reviving again.
Personnel from the National Police of Peru also arrived at the scene, who supported the extinction and spoke with a neighbor of the place, identified as Yovana Quinto DLC (38), who stated that the aforementioned fire had been caused by maneuvers by some strangers who come to the place to engage in the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
