Overview
- Yostin Q. Q., 10, who pulled his two sisters from a blaze, died Thursday morning, with local media reporting the time as about 10:30 a.m.
- The girls, ages 5 and 7, remain in intensive care in Piura as the family seeks to transfer them to the Hospital del Niño in Lima for burn care.
- The fire that tore through the family’s home Tuesday night in Huangalá began while the children slept, according to neighbors and relatives.
- Peru’s public health insurance program SIS is helping arrange the transfer, though the family says it still must pay for some medicines and is asking for donations at Yape 935272246 under María Quito.
- The mother said a power outage led to a candle that may have started the fire, a cause not yet confirmed.