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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.
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]
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.
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]
GMA Regional TV Live! is a 2020 Philippine television news broadcasting program broadcast by GMA Cebu. Originally hosted by Nikko Sereno and Cecille Quibod-Castro, it premiered on April 20, 2020 on the network's morning line up.
On 16 August 2013 at 8:45pm as it approached Cebu City's harbor, the 2GO ferry the M/V St. Thomas Aquinas, formerly the SuperFerry 2, [11] collided with the cargo ship the Sulpicio Express Siete of Sulpicio Lines and sank in 144 meters of water off Lauis Ledge Talisay, Cebu. [12] The ship was carrying 831 people—715 passengers and 116 ...
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Quezon City: 1899 Warfare 165 Battle of Zapote River: Las Piñas: 1996 Fire 162 Ozone Disco fire: Quezon City: Recognized as the worst fire in Philippine history. 1896 Warfare 155 Battle of San Juan del Monte: San Juan: 2004 Terrorism 116 SuperFerry 14 bombing: Manila Bay: 1820 Riot 110–120 [7] First cholera pandemic riots: Manila