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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]
Bureau of Fire Protection National headquarters along Senator Miriam P. Defensor-Santiago Avenue (formerly Agham Road) in Quezon City. The BFP was formed from the units of the Integrated National Police's Office of Fire Protection Service on January 29, 1991 through Republic Act No. 6975, which created the present Interior Department and placed the provision of fire services under its control.
Kentex Factory. Tied as the second worst fire incident in Philippine history. 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 ...
Manor Hotel fire. / 14.634361°N 121.057583°E / 14.634361; 121.057583. 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 ...
A massive fire destroyed nearly three quarters of the central business district of Iloilo City. [96] 22 January 1971 – 13 people were killed in a fire that gutted the terminal of the Manila International Airport. [97] 22 January 1975 – 51 people were killed after a fire swept through a factory in a commercial building in Marikina, Rizal ...
November 20 – December 2. Cyclones Muifa ( Unding), Merbok ( Violeta ), Winnie and Nanmadol ( Yoyong) hit the country, affecting million people, causing massive fatalities and damages. In November, a tropical depression ( Winnie) kills more than 1,500 people, causes damages of estimated ₱679 million (US$15.8 million).
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Pages in category "Fires in the Philippines" ... 0–9. 1966 Iloilo City fire; 2023 Manila Central Post Office ...
Maritime Vessel Shipping line 1 Date Deaths 1 Missing 1 Survivors 1 Remarks SS Corregidor: Compania Maritima 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.