Fire Near Peru Machu Picchu Route Leaves One Dead and Two Injured
A wildfire near the main access route to Machu Picchu in Peru has left one elderly person dead and two people injured with second degree burns.
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A fire burning near the main access road to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru has left one person dead and two others injured, DW and globalnation.inquirer.net reported on Saturday. Officials confirmed that the blaze broke out in the Sacred Valley region. [1][2]
According to DW, citing Miguel Osco, the head of the Cusco Regional Office for Disaster Management, an elderly person died in the flames and two others suffered second degree burns. The fire started on Friday in the Sacred Valley of the Cusco region, which includes the Ollantaytambo train station, the busiest transit point for travelers visiting the site. [1]
Machu Picchu is a 15th century Inca citadel situated in southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters above sea level, located about 80 kilometers northwest of Cusco above the Sacred Valley. In the Quechua language of the Inca Empire, the name translates to old peak or old mountain. [3][5]
In short
- One elderly person died and two others suffered second-degree burns in a fire near Machu Picchu.
- The fire began on Friday in the Sacred Valley of the Cusco region in Peru.
- The affected area includes the Ollantaytambo train station, which is the busiest station for travelers visiting the site.
Sources
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- [1]Peru: Fire burning on road to Machu Picchu kills 1DW, 21h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Fire burning on road to Peru’s Machu Picchu; 1 killed, 2 hurtglobalnation.inquirer.net, 23h ago
Background
- [3]Machu Picchu on Wikipedia
- [4]Death by burning on Wikipedia
- [5]Machu Picchu on Grokipedia
- [6]Fire on Grokipedia
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