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  2. 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.

  3. Ozone Disco fire - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. List of man-made disasters in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Payatas landslide - Wikipedia

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    The dumpsite was reopened weeks later by then-Quezon City Mayor Ismael Mathay Jr. to avert an epidemic in the city due to uncollected garbage caused by the closure. [6]The landslide prompted the passage of Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, [7] which mandates the closure of open dumpsites in the Philippines by 2004 and controlled dumpsites by 2006.

  6. List of building or structure fires - Wikipedia

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    August 17 – Manor Hotel fire in Quezon City, Philippines, killed 75. September 1 – Myojo 56 building fire in Tokyo, Japan, killed 44 by arson. September 11 – September 11 attacks – Two airliners deliberately flown into the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City sparked fires on multiple floors. 2,606 victims died as a result of ...

  7. List of reportedly haunted locations in the Philippines

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    Manila City Hall: Believing city hall employees claim of wandering specters after 6:00 p.m.. Paranormal experts who investigated in the area confirmed poltergeist activities, residual hauntings from Japanese-era ghosts and a woman believed to have died in the premises during World War II.

  8. Trinoma - Wikipedia

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    The fire was first reported at around 2:25 p.m. and was raised to 2nd alarm as of 2:34 p.m., according to an update by TxtFire Philippines. FO1 Joan De Luna of the Tandang Sora fire substation said the fire reportedly started at an appliance warehouse near the MRT station. The Bureau of Fire Protection declared fire out at 6:33 p.m. [14]

  9. List of nightclub fires - Wikipedia

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    Ozone Disco fire: Quezon City: Philippines 1996 162: 95 unknown, possibly electrical acoustic foam: Worst fire in Philippine history Rolling Stones fire Seoul: South Korea 1996 11: 3 discarded cigarette butt wet paint fire trucks delayed by cars parked in narrow alley Gothenburg discothèque fire: Gothenburg: Sweden 1998 63: 213 arson