Anguish as trapped workers call for help in Peru fire

[Judi Lynn]

Franklin Briceno, Associated Press
Updated 4:52 pm, Friday, June 23, 2017




LIMA, Peru (AP) — As the flames engulfed the room where Luis Huamanwas trapped inside a warehouse in Peru's capital, he made a call to his mother in a desperate plea for help.

Nearly a day later, the fire was still raging and there was no sign of the 19-year-old.

At least four people were missing Friday after a warehouse filled with tons of combustibles caught fire. Relatives of two men trapped in the blaze said both were locked inside the rooms where they were working when the fire broke out. Cellphone video obtained by a local television channel showed another now missing man desperately kicking a door in a futile bid to escape.

"They locked them in, which is criminal," President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said as he covered his mouth with a paper mask to protect himself from the fumes. "They were practically slave workers."

More:
http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Anguish-as-trapped-youths-call-for-help-in-Peru-11242932.php

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