BFP rescuer, 2 miners killed in Surigao mining tunnel mishap
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — A Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) responder and two alleged small-scale miners were killed in a mining tunnel mishap in Surigao City on Monday, authorities said. The BFP identified the fallen responder as Fire Officer 3 Rumar Mahinay, 41, a member of the agency’s Special Rescue Force and a resident of Mana Pepang Village, Barangay Rizal, Surigao City. Initial reports said BFP personnel responded at around 11:30 a.m. on Monday after receiving information that two miners — Jorlic Ferol, 28, and Romeo Villamor Jr., 58 — had been trapped inside a small-scale mining tunnel. READ: […]... Keep on reading: BFP rescuer, 2 miners killed in Surigao mining tunnel mishap
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