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Unknown, believed to be electrical fire. Deaths. 162. Non-fatal injuries. 95. 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]
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]
18 March 1996 – Ozone Disco fire. 162 people, mostly students celebrating the end of the academic term, died in a nightclub fire in Quezon City. [113] 26 April 1997 – A fire caused by arson gutted the Imperial Hotel in Cotabato City, killing 24 people and injuring 12. [114]
Some of its assets in prime location such as its abandoned building in Cubao, Quezon City (was destroyed by fire in 1996) were already bought by Puregold Price Club Inc. of the Co family. Another unfinished building in Mandaue City, Cebu at that time was supposedly as a warehouse club , which was occupied by slum dwellers and today, the site ...
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March 18 – Fire razes Ozone Disco in Quezon City, killing 162 guests including college graduating students and 95 more injured. The incident was officially acknowledged as the worst fire in Philippine history, and among the 10 worst nightclub fires in the world. [4] [5] [6] [verification needed]
Ozone Disco, Quezon City: A former discothèque that was the site of the worst fire in Philippine history, which killed at least 162 people and injured at least 95 in 1996. [44] Phantom music and shadows of dancing figures were reported from its ruins, and hauntings allegedly spread to the nearby Imperial Hotel as well. [45]
1996 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the ... March 18 – The Ozone Disco Club fire in Quezon City, Philippines, kills 163 people. [5]