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Ozone Disco fire. / 14.63500°N 121.03583°E / 14.63500; 121.03583. 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. [3] [4]
An electrical fire razed the Star City amusement park and the adjacent Manila Broadcasting Company building in Pasay. 21-23 May 2023 - The Manila Central Post Office was gutted by a fire that started from a leaking car battery. 31 August 2023 - A fire at a house doubling as a t-shirt factory in Quezon City killed 15.
As the Chief National Fire Marshal of INP Office of Fire Protection: F/Maj. Primo D. Cordeta 1978 – 1989 F/BGen. Ernesto G. Madriaga 1990 – 1991 As the Chief, Bureau of Fire Protection: F/BGen Ernesto G. Madriaga 1991 – 1992 OIC F/Maj. Gen. Mario Tanhanco: 1992 – 1993 F/BGen. Alfonso Torres Clemente 1993 – 1994 SSUPT Bonifacio Japson ...
Type. Fire. Deaths. 74 [a] 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. [b] [5]
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]
Type. Fire. Property damage. ₱50 million (approx. ₱5 billion in today's value) A fire in Iloilo City on February 7, 1966 destroyed nearly three quarters of the City Proper area, the central business district of Iloilo City. in the Philippines. [1] It is the single most devastating fire in the city's history. [1]
2024 Wimbledon Championships. In tennis, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz defeats Novak Djokovic 6–2, 6–2, 7–6 (7–4) in the Men's singles final to win his second Wimbledon title and his fourth overall Grand Slam title. ( The Guardian) (Wimbledon) UEFA Euro 2024. In association football, Spain defeat England 2–1 in the final match to ...
17 December 1941. 900-1,200 [1] Unknown. 282. The ferry was sailing to the Visayas and was carrying around 1200-1500 passengers, mostly refugees fleeing the bombing of Manila by the Japanese during the Second World War, when it struck a mine off Corregidor Island and sank in five minutes. Baby Princess.