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BIG FIRE STARTED SMALL

IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE MONTH OF MARCH IS A FIRE PREVENTION MONTH. MOSTLY A GREAT NUMBER OF FIRE RELATED INCIDENTS HAPPENED DURING THIS MONTH ONWARD TO APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.  THESE MONTHS ARE BETTER KNOWN AS SUMMER SEASON. JUST OF YESTERDAY,  A GREAT FIRE THAT RENDERED 900 FAMILIES HOMELESS OCCURRED IN BARANGAY CULIAT, QUEZON CITY. DESPITE OF CONSTANT REMINDERS FROM THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE MASSIVE INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF THE CITY, PEOPLE TEND TO BE CARELESS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THE SIMPLE BASICS OF FIRE PREVENTION. WE FILIPINOS HAVE A SAYING THAT GOES LIKE THIS, "IT IS BETTER TO BE ROBBED BY HOUSE ROBBERS THAN YOUR HOUSE BE CONSUMED BY FIRE. ALL BIG FIRE STARTED SMALL AND THEREFORE PREVENTABLE . YOU CAN FIGHT FIRE DURING ITS EARLY STAGE. IF YOU DON'T PANIC AND IF YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. IF YOUR ARE FRYING AND SUDDENLY FIRE FROM GAS RANGE JUMP OVER YOUR FAN AND CREATES FIRE THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS JUST COVER THE FAN WITH  STEEL COVER. DO NOT...