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The Ozone Disco fire in Quezon City, Philippines, broke out on March 18, 1996, leaving at least 162 people dead. It is officially acknowledged as the worst fire in Philippine history, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and among the 10 worst nightclub fires in the world.
A fire at Star City, an amusement park in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, occurred at midnight on October 2, 2019.Initial investigation determined the cause as arson, citing traces of gasoline detected in the remains of the building.
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]
An electrical fire razed the Star City amusement park and the adjacent Manila Broadcasting Company building in Pasay. [129] 21-23 May 2023 - The Manila Central Post Office was gutted by a fire that started from a leaking car battery. [130] 31 August 2023 - A fire at a house doubling as a t-shirt factory in Quezon City killed 15. [131]
The fire started on the morning of Saturday, December 23, 2017. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported that the fire started at around 9:30 a.m. PST ().NCCC marketing manager Janna Abdullah Mutalib said that the fire started at the mall's third floor where the textiles (which were the materials that are flammable and caused the fire to worsen), school supplies and furniture were sold.
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.
Ten deadliest recorded earthquakes in the Philippines since the 1600s Magnitude Origin Location Date Mortality Missing Injured Damages Source 1 7.9 Tectonic Moro Gulf: August 16, 1976 4791 2288 9928 2 7.8 Tectonic Luzon Island: July 16, 1990 1621 1000 More than 3000 ₱10 billion 3 7.5 Tectonic Luzon Island: November 30, 1645 More than 600
Bocaue, a town in the Greater Manila Area, is well known in the Philippines for its pyrotechnics industry. However, this has also been the cause of large fires in the area, especially during traditional and widespread New Year use. [1] In 1988, an illegal fireworks factory exploded in Bocaue, leveling several houses and killing ten people. [1]