
Fire hits about 35 hectares at Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park
The fire at the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park.*PASU surveillance screengrabA fire that had been raging for two days destroyed grassland and trees in about 35 hectares at the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park at Barangay Biak na Bato, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, Joan Nathaniel Gerangaya, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer, said Friday, March 15. The fire started at Purok Pastohan at Biak na Bato Thursday morning and the Bureau of Fire Protection declared the fire out at 12:30 p.m. Friday, he said. On Thursday morning they could see smoke coming from the area but the fire became more visible in the evening, he said. The fire hit area was a two-hour climb from the Mt. Kanla-o...