Machupicchu at stake

Peruvian authorities this is a warning from the planet...TAKE A LOOK! Please.
Between September 6 and 11, 2008, two ancient sites of Inca ruins from Machu Picchu were threatened by a huge forest fire, which was eventually put off.
More than eight hundred hectares of forest in the valley situated between Cuzco city and the ancient Machu Picchu fortress burned, causing great damage to the pair of archaeological sites. A team comprised of 600 firefighters gathered up in an attempt to reduce the proportions of the disaster. At one time, there were even 400 of them simultaneously fighting the flames, as they were constantly being revived by the winds blowing high in the Andes.

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• tourism
• archaelogy
• forest
• damage
• Machuppicchu
• Cuzco
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