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LC BFP in full alert this summer

By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff Reporter

WITH THE series of fire incidents around Laoag City, the local Bureau of Fire Protection here has been put on a 24-hour alert.

Acting fire marshal F/Sr. Insp. Bonifacio Sacatrapos made the announcement after two fire incidents broke out at Brgys. Rioeng and Suyo on April 29 and May 2, respectively. The dap-ayan, or wooden sheds, of the two rural barangays caught fire.

On May 3, wooden sheds at Brgy. La Paz’s sand dunes and two wooden sheds at Brgys. 2 and Pila were also reported to have caught fire.

Sacatrapos said they have yet to complete the investigation on the incidents but he theorized that the fires might be due to cigarette butts being thrown haphazardly and with the dried grass and the hot weather might have caused the fire. Asked on where he based his theory, he said it is based on their experience.

Records show that most of the wooden shed caught fire at about 10 pm. No time frame, however was established for La Paz wooden sheds fire incident.

In an apparent doubts on his own theory, Sacatrapos appealed to the public to help in the probe by providing information on the incidents.

Meanwhile, assistant city engineer Fred Agpaoa said they would put up temporary structures to replace the burnt sheds at the La Paz sand dunes. The said sheds were used by tourists as they await they turn for sandboarding and 4x4 activities.


Laoag City deputy chief of police Jonathan Papay also said they would help the BFP in their investigation of the sand dunes incident.

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