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9 October: An MRT Line 3 train caught fire near Guadalupe station. A provisional service was implemented between North Avenue and Shaw Boulevard station, and the site of the incident was declared fire out at 9:51 p.m. 8 passengers sustained minor injuries. [34] [35] Normal operations resumed the following day. [36]
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.
[7] As the investigation continued four days after the incident, authorities favored the possibility that the blast was caused by an accident and not a terrorist attack. Although traces of RDX (Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine) were found on-site, this did not form conclusive proof that a bomb was the cause, as RDX also has commercial applications.
On May 13, 2015, a fire broke out at the Kentex manufacturing factory in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines.72 people were killed in the fire, making the incident the joint-second worst fire disaster in Philippine history alongside the Manor Hotel fire in 2001; only the Ozone Disco Club fire in 1996 had claimed more lives.
The fire was officially out at 4:15pm on February 3. [6] Remulla said that some survivors suffered about 70% to 90% burns to their bodies. [7]The claims that there were fatalities which authorities tried to cover up were refuted by Remulla. [6]
A BAC One-Eleven flying from Mactan–Cebu International Airport to Manila, struck a mango tree on a hill in Antipolo while on final approach. Of the 42 passengers and five crew members on board, only one passenger and one flight attendant survived. [5] 21 April 1970 – Philippine Airlines Flight 215.
On 14 February 2005, bombs exploded almost simultaneously at a bus terminal in Davao and outside the Gaisano Mall in General Santos. [1] [2] Half an hour later, at about 7:30 p.m., a third bomb exploded on a bus in the Makati section of Manila, under the Ayala station of the elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit System and near Glorietta and the InterContinental Hotel, where President Arroyo and ...