By Annabel Consuelo Petinglay
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Ten houses were damaged while two persons got injured following three fire incidents in Antique the past two days.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) responded to two fire incidents in Barangay San Pedro and Barangay Bagumbayan in San Jose de Buenavista on Monday.
A fire also occured in the town proper of Hamtic on Easter Sunday.
The initial investigation by the BFP showed that the fire razed a junkshop in Barangay Bagumbayan because of unattended cooking on Monday night.
On the morning of the same day, a fire caused by an electrical short circuit damaged four houses in Barangay San Pedro.
“Two persons sustained first-degree burns in Barangay San Pedro,” Senior Fire Officer 2 Ramil Escander said in an interview on Tuesday.
The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office provided food packs to 17 individuals who are currently staying in their village hall.
The Hamtic fire was allegedly caused by an unattended lighted candle, destroying five houses and partially damaging one.
The three incidents left an estimated damage of PHP1.1 million.
“Let us be vigilant against any fire incident that could happen, especially so that we are experiencing (high) heat index and at the same time wind gustiness,” Escander said. (PNA)
