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| Senior Insp. Reggy Olmedo |
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Jan. 4 (PNA) –- The
Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has recorded a 6.7 percent increase in the
number of fires last year, representing 19 cases from 28 in 2014 to 47 fire
incidents in 2015 in the areas covered by the local fire station.
The local fire station, headed by Senior Insp. Reggy
Olmedo, covers this city and the nearby municipalities of Guipos, Kumalarang,
Labangan, Lakewood, San Pablo, and Tigbao.
Olmedo told the Philippines News Agency that the worth of
damage to properties have also increased with the recorded rise in the number
of fire incidents in 2015 compared to that in 2014.
Olmedo said they recorded 2,281 percent increase in
property damaged representing PHP194.6 million from PHP8.5 million in 2014 to
PHP203.1 million in 2015.
He said the biggest fire incident they recorded in 2015
was in June wherein 1,606 structures were razed in the barangays of Santiago,
San Pedro and Kawit. The property damaged was placed at PHP193.5 million.
He said last year’s second biggest fire incident was
recorded in December that razed 63 structures worth PHP4.6 million in Barangay
Balangasan.
He disclosed that most of the fire incidents were caused
by faulty electrical wirings.
He said included in the data they recorded were four
vehicular fire incidents in 2015 and two cases in 2014.
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| Pagadian City Fire Station |
He said they also recorded two fatalities and 18 injuries
in 2015 while two fatalities and one injury in 2014. (PNA)
JMC/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION
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