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165 FIRES RECORDED IN
CORDILLERA IN LESS
THAN 3 MONTHS
T he Bureau of Fire Protection slash and burn farming, arson,
(BFP) and the Department
of Environment and Natural indiscriminate throwing of
butts,
unattended
cigarette
Resources in the Cordillera on burning of garbage, and
Tuesday said 165 fire incidents campers who are unable to
have been recorded from January 1 control the fire from their food
to March 12 this year, which led to burners. In a separate interview,
the destruction of 797 hectares of
forestlands. The BFP estimated the Benguet Provincial Environment
cost of damage due to fire and Natural Resources Office
incidents at PHP20.94 million. (PENRO) chief Carlos Arida Sr.
Lagon said 704.23 hectares of said based on their assessment,
natural forests and 92.96 hectares as a result of the aerial survey
of plantation forests have been on March 8, the forest fires were
destroyed due to “kaingin” or correlated to farming.
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