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  2. 1966 Iloilo City fire - Wikipedia

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    The fire trucks of the government, the now-Bureau of Fire Protection, were ill-equipped to fight the fire because they had to travel 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to Jaro, Iloilo City to fill their water tanks. The fire lasted approximately 12 hours and ₱50 million (1966 value) worth of property went up in smoke. [1] [2]

  3. Bureau of Fire Protection - Wikipedia

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    Bureau of Fire Protection National headquarters along Senator Miriam P. Defensor-Santiago Avenue (formerly Agham Road) in Quezon City. The BFP was formed from the units of the Integrated National Police's Office of Fire Protection Service on January 29, 1991 through Republic Act No. 6975, which created the present Interior Department and placed the provision of fire services under its control.

  4. Kentex slipper factory fire - Wikipedia

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    Kentex is a small manufacturer of flip flops and other rubber shoes located in Valenzuela City, within Metro Manila, Philippines. [2] [3] It is one of many similar businesses serving the local market in a poor area of town. [3] On May 13, 2015, a fire broke out when welding sparks ignited chemicals stored near the entrance of the Kentex factory ...

  5. Fire piston - Wikipedia

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    Fire pistons from Thailand (1,2); the Philippines (3,4); and Java, Indonesia (5) [2] Fire pistons were invented by Southeast Asians (probably the Austronesian peoples ). Their use was mostly concentrated in the Austronesian regions, particularly in the Malay Peninsula , the Philippines , Borneo , Sumatra , Java , some of the islands east of ...

  6. Manor Hotel fire - Wikipedia

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    The Manor Hotel fire was a fire at the Manor Hotel in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on August 18, 2001. With a death toll of 74, it is considered to be the second worst structural fire in Philippine history, tied with the 2015 Kentex slipper factory fire and only behind the Ozone Disco fire in 1996.

  7. List of ammonium nitrate incidents and disasters - Wikipedia

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    First responders noted that the leaked chemicals were on fire and ordered an evacuation of every person in a 2.5 kilometer radius of the crash. [50] First responders made the decision to not extinguish the fire because of the inherent risk. The ammonium nitrate exploded almost 5 hours later. [51]

  8. Fire - Wikipedia

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    Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. [ 1 ] [ a ] At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are produced.

  9. List of fires - Wikipedia

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    Burned over 1.2 million acres. Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires. Peshtigo Fire: 1910 North Idaho and Western Montana: 87/? The largest Fire in U.S. history burned an area the size of Connecticut (3,000,000 acres [12,000 km 2]), killing 87 people, including 78 firefighters Great Fire of 1910 [6 ...