Authorities in Peru and Colombia continue to combat forest fires over vast areas of land. High temperatures and low rainfall have provided optimal conditions for the fires to extend rapidly.

Peru's National Emergency Operations Center (COEN) of the National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) reported that in recent weeks, 233 forest fires have been reported nationwide.

“The forest is their world, so when you burn it, they die.” The Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), which tracks wildfires by satellite, shows around 10,400 fires in Peru in ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Wildfires in Peru have left ... a specialist in monitoring and management of forest Fires at SERFOR. "This allows the fires to spread rapidly." Some of the most complicated ...

At least 15 people have died as a result of uncontrollable forest fires that have affected 22 of Peru's 24 departments. Peru's National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) said that the departments ...

From Bolivia to Brazil, Peru to Argentina ... already affected around 25% of the forest. “The forests are drying out, making them more vulnerable to fires,” Marlene Quintanilla, the research ...

Since the outbreak, wildfires in Peru have left at least 15 dead and scorched more than 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of cultivated land and natural areas. (AP Video/Guadalupe Pardo) News ...

" Dina Boluarte's Government on Wednesday handed over 620 self-contained breathing apparatuses to the <a href=" Corps of Volunteer Firefighters of Peru, which enhance their response capacity in the ...

Millions of hectares of forest and farmland ... Paraguay and Peru. The Amazon basin, usually one of the wettest places on Earth, is experiencing its worst fires in nearly two decades, according ...