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A massive fire destroyed nearly three quarters of the central business district of Iloilo City. [96] 22 January 1971 – 13 people were killed in a fire that gutted the terminal of the Manila International Airport. [97] 22 January 1975 – 51 people were killed after a fire swept through a factory in a commercial building in Marikina, Rizal ...
The island has also been the site of modern shipwrecks. On December 13, 1995, the MV Kimelody Cristy, a passenger ferry owned and operated by Moreta Shipping Lines Incorporated, caught fire and sank off Fortune Island as it was on its way to Mindoro, leaving 17 people dead and 16 people missing. [3]
Fuego Point, commonly known as Punta Fuego, is a flame-shaped headland located in western Batangas province on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.It extends as a 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) long promontory into the South China Sea overlooking Fortune Island and Nasugbu and Calayo bays in the municipality of Nasugbu.
The LA wildfires across the state of California this week have taken the lives of 5 individuals and thousands displaced from their homes. These before and after pictures show the wildlife's ...
Batangas: Calabarzon: It is a Lake within a Volcano within a Lake within a Volcano. [109] It is the 2nd Most Active Volcano in the Philippines. [93] Tubbataha Reef: Puerto Princesa: Palawan: Mimaropa: Verde Island: Batangas City: Batangas: Calabarzon: White Island [110] Mambajao: Camiguin: Northern Mindanao
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The bell tower of the Manila Cathedral after the series of destructive earthquakes of July 1880. The ruins of a church after the 2013 earthquake. The table below is a tally of the ten most deadly recorded earthquakes in the Philippines since the 1600s:
According to legend, the house is haunted by members of the Laperal family and victims of Japanese soldiers who occupied the house during World War II. In 2007, it was purchased by Filipino-Chinese business magnate Lucio Tan, and it became a museum showcasing locally-made Filipino artworks based on bamboo and wood. Since 2022, it houses an ...