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23 December 2017 – 2017 Davao City mall fire. 39 people died in a fire that destroyed the New City Commercial Center (NCCC) shopping mall. [127] 18 March 2018 – 2018 Manila Pavilion Hotel fire. 6 people died in a hotel fire in the Ermita district of Manila. [128] 2 October 2019 – Star City fire.
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.
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. [a] [1]
It has erupted 16 times since 1885 and is considered as the 4th most active volcano in the Philippines after Mayon, Taal, and Kanlaon. There are evacuation procedures in place for parts of the peninsula, the farms nearest the volcano are evacuated, and many of the village schools are closed if it is considered possible that a more destructive ...
Arson in the Philippines (5 P) F. Firefighting in the Philippines (1 C, 2 P) ... 1966 Iloilo City fire; 2023 Manila Central Post Office fire; 2024 Manila fires; A.
March 18 – Ozone Disco fire, Quezon City, Philippines, killed 162 and injured 95. March 28 – Kebon Kembang shopping mall fire, Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia, killed 78. April 11 – Düsseldorf Airport fire, killed 17. November 7 – Heaven Hill distillery fire in Kentucky. November 20 – The Garley Building fire, Hong Kong, killed 40.
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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]