DID YOU KNOW: 1,217 fires hit Metro Manila in 1st quarter of 2017
March was declared Fire Prevention Month by virtue of Proclamation No. 115-A signed in 1966 by then President Ferdinand Marcos.
According to the Bureau of Fire Protection, there were 1,217 fire incidents in Metro Manila in the first quarter of 2017.
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Of the total, 597 fires were nonstructural, 560 were structural, while 60 were transportation-related. —Marielle Medina
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