At least 10 people, including five children, were killed early Wednesday after a massive fire tore through a three-story residential building in Lima, Peru, authorities said.
The fire broke out in the Manzanilla 2 neighborhood of the La Victoria district, according to Peru’s National Emergency Operations Center (COEN).
Police said nine of the victims belonged to the same family. In addition to the fatalities, two people were displaced by the fire, and two homes were left uninhabitable.
Authorities have not yet announced the cause of the blaze, and an investigation is underway.
