Fire razes 10 hectares of Benguet forest

Raymund Catindig, Artemio Dumlao - The Philippine Star

March 15, 2019 | 12:00am

ITOGON, Benguet , Philippines — Around 10 hectares of forest in this town were destroyed in a fire on Wednesday.

Probers said the fire, which started near an open pit of Philex Mines in Sitio Pukis, Barangay Ampucao at around 10 a.m., was declared out at around 5 p.m.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.

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