A GRASSFIRE razed two mountain areas of Chocolate Hills in Carmen, Bohol on Tuesday night.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started past 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Bgy. Buenos Aires.
The blaze was put out after three hours.
Bohol Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) head Dr. Anthony Damalerio said the fire was caused by extreme heat.
“Spontaneous combustion is the report of the BFP, probably due to the extreme heat; too high heat index felt not just in Bohol but to the entire Visayas,” Damalerio told a radio interview.
Firefighters put out the fire manually as fire hoses couldn’t reach the area, according to BFP-Bohol Fire Inspector Servando Jumawid Jr.
About 5,000 square meters part of the hills were destroyed by the blaze.
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