An urban fire drill carried out in the Mesa de Oro and Gamarrita Wanka shopping centers made it possible to evaluate the emergency response capacity in the middle of the Christmas campaign, resulting in 1,536 people affected, in addition to 5 dead, 2 missing and 15 injured, according to the scenario proposed.
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The exercise was organized by the Provincial Municipality of Huancayo, through the Civil Defense Office, and had the active participation of merchants, internal brigades and response entities, who carried out an orderly evacuation.
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The Citizen Security Management reported that these actions seek to prevent tragedies during the end-of-year holidays, a period of high public concentration. Likewise, it was indicated that inspections of the electrical wiring, evacuation routes and capacity are already being carried out, in coordination with Electrocentro and the National Police.
The authorities announced that drills and preventive controls will continue to reduce risks and guarantee the safety of the population.
