What started as an ordinary Saturday afternoon in the steep hillside community of Pamplona Alta quickly turned into one of the most devastating fires the district has faced in years. Families were preparing meals, children were playing in the narrow pathways, and neighbors were going about their routines when a thin plume of smoke rose quietly into the sky. Within minutes, a small incident turned into an uncontrollable inferno that tore through the crowded settlement, destroying homes and leaving hundreds displaced before firefighters could bring it under control.
