PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />These were the scenes of devastation after a fire swept through 555 wooden houses in the Ancon district north of Lima, Peru.<br/> <br />With only limited water supplies, the fire raged for four hours before the flames were brought under control.<br/> <br />Authorities said some 1,634 people have been left homeless.<br/> <br />Some families have lost everything but the clothes they stand up in.<br/> <br />Others were sifting through the debris in the aftermath of the inferno hoping to salvage at least some of their possessions.<br/> <br />No deaths or injuries have been reported despite the scale of the blaze, which is being blamed on a gas cannister.<br/> <br />Authorities are appealing to people to donate tents and food to those who have lost their homes in the midst of a chilly winter.
