00:00 [music]
00:03 Good evening, Kapuso!
00:05 I'm your Kuya Kim,
00:06 and I'll be giving you trivia
00:07 behind the trending news.
00:09 The hot news right now
00:10 is the left-right grass fire
00:11 that's happening in the country.
00:12 Just like what happened in Bacolod,
00:14 where not just one,
00:15 but two grass fires
00:17 are hitting hectares of land.
00:19 [fire crackling]
00:23 The heat of the time in Bacolod City,
00:24 in Negros Occidental,
00:26 is even more intense
00:27 [fire crackling]
00:28 than the heat of this grass fire.
00:30 [fire crackling]
00:31 The fire spread quickly
00:32 to two hectares of land
00:33 in the boundary of Bacolod and Alisay City.
00:35 On the morning of April 2,
00:37 we received a call,
00:39 "grass fire!"
00:40 [siren]
00:41 We made a defense
00:43 in the populated areas.
00:44 We used natural firebreaks.
00:47 The grassland is covered by hectares.
00:50 We couldn't directly fire it.
00:53 We were able to fire it out
00:54 at around 9 a.m.
00:56 But after more than 7 hours,
00:57 Bacolod City Fire Station
00:59 received another report.
01:00 [fire crackling]
01:01 Another grass fire
01:02 was found near the area
01:04 where the first fire was.
01:05 We were called to a separate location.
01:07 But we realized that
01:08 the area was also
01:09 affected by the morning fire.
01:11 There were embers left.
01:14 We were able to fire it out
01:15 at around 8 p.m.
01:17 Did the heat of the time
01:19 in the grass fires in Bacolod
01:21 [fire crackling]
01:22 [siren]
01:23 "Kuya Kim,
01:24 why are the grass fires so intense?"
01:26 "Kuya Kim, what's going on?"
01:27 "Kuya Kim, what's going on?"
01:28 [explosion]
01:29 There are many reasons for grass fires.
01:31 It can be due to desire.
01:32 It can be due to the amount of cigarettes
01:33 being thrown everywhere.
01:34 And it can be due to the loudness.
01:35 The hotter the weather,
01:36 the more likely the grass fires are.
01:38 Because in hot weather,
01:39 the area becomes drier
01:41 and things become more flammable.
01:43 What are the reasons
01:44 for the two grass fires
01:45 that happened in Bacolod?
01:46 There are activities inside.
01:48 Cigarettes are being thrown.
01:49 People are cooking.
01:50 People are cooking.
01:51 There are people melting gum.
01:53 Basically, it's a result of human activities
01:55 and neglect.
01:57 Just last month,
01:58 205 fires were reported in Bacolod.
02:00 131 of them were grass fires.
02:02 To prevent more grass fires
02:04 from happening in the city,
02:05 the Bureau of Fire Protection
02:07 conducted what's called
02:08 controlled burning
02:09 or prescribed burning.
02:10 We are making the blocks of grass
02:11 manageable.
02:13 And we are slowly burning them.
02:15 That's also part of our strategies
02:17 to make sure that it's gone
02:18 and we don't have to go back.
02:20 What can we do
02:22 to avoid grass fires
02:23 in hot weather?
02:24 [music]
02:28 To avoid grass fires,
02:30 we should be careful
02:31 when using fire outside our homes.
02:33 Avoid leaving unlit cigarettes,
02:36 candles, and other things
02:37 that can start a fire.
02:39 It is also prohibited
02:40 to cut leaves
02:42 and burn garbage.
02:43 Be careful
02:44 when you cook or grill outside.
02:47 And it's better to keep the surroundings clean.
02:49 Make sure there's no dry grass
02:51 or plants that can be the cause
02:53 of a fire.
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