Lost everything: testimonies of victims after a fire in a mansion in the center of Lima

An average of five affected families and 14 affected homes is the remainder left Fire checked in last night in an old three-story house located between the intersections of the Karabay and Lino Cornejo patches, a few meters from San Martin Plaza, on the Cercado de Lima.

Sinisterwhich took place during demonstrations against the government of Dina Boluarte, took to the streets five families; while 14 more have to wait at least 72 hours to dissipate the smoke from their neighboring houses to damaged property.

Among those affected by Firewhich the firefighters had already controlled after hard work, is located where Hugo Marrua Elderly who makes a living selling artistic portraits outside.

Don Hugo He spent 63 years of his life in the house and to this day does not know what to do, having lost his house and working tools. As he commented RPP News, in time Fire he had only time to take clothes from home and two gas bottles so they don’t explode.

“I was only able to take off the clothes I was wearing because the fire was spreading so fast that I didn’t have time. Fortunately, I took out two gas bottles because it would have been worse,” he said.

Losing a home isn’t the only problem older people with tonsil cancer have. Although he is temporarily at his orphanage in Carabaillo, Hugo Are you worried about the hours it will take to get there? county at the National Institute of Cancer Disease (INEN), surquillowhere do you get medical treatment.

If you would like to support Don Hugo, you can contact 986 727 923. All help will be well received.

Some people passed out after a house fire

Gladys (72) and her eleven relatives, including her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughters, lived in one of the rooms of the fire-damaged house a year ago. The woman said RPP News that before the accident, he closed the windows so as not to breathe smoke from tear gas canisters.

When one of her neighbors warned about fire flame that engulfed the building, Gladys and her family evacuated from the house immediately, without having time to take off some of the clothes. Going down the stairs, Gladys’ granddaughters fainted because they could not stand the smoke from the fire. The same thing happened to an elderly man who lost consciousness while leaving the building.

women and her granddaughters were taken to a nearby hospital. They are currently in one of the tents Metropolitan Municipality of Lima (MML) for temporary accommodation of affected people, including the elderly and children.

Earlier, a group of kind-hearted citizens came to the place, who delivered breakfasts and donated clothes for the victims. While the cause of the fire is unknown, which, fortunately, left no victims to regret.