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Tuesday, March 19, 1996
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Fire kills 149 in Philippines
Graduation bash cut short when crowded dance goes up in smoke
The Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — A fierce blaze tore through a discotheque packed with students celebrating graduation yesterday. Officials confirmed 149 people killed and said there may be as many as 50 more bodies still in the charred ruins.
Dozens more were severely injured, many with third-degree burns.
When the fire broke out shortly after midnight, there were an estimated 350 people in the Ozone Disco Pub in suburban Quezon City, many of them taking part in high school and college graduation parties, survivors said.
"It was like hell," said disc jockey Marvin Reyes, who watched flames catch the hair and clothes of screaming victims.
Bodies of people who had tried unsuccessfully to escape were piled waist-deep in a narrow corridor leading from the dance floor. Others were crushed beneath a collapsed mezzanine ceiling.
The wails of relatives searching for loved ones added to the chaos as firefighters put out the blaze. Rescuers soon accumulated the names of more than 100 people still miss-
"We saw smoke and tried to run outside, but were caught in a stampede."
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ing from the disco.
"I tried to announce there was a fire, but the microphone stopped working." Reyes said.
"We saw smoke and tried to run
outside, but were caught in a stumpede," said one survivor, who gave only her first name, Rose. "I was stepped on, but managed to force my way out."
Quezon City police Chief Hercules Cataluna said the fire was the Philippines' worst ever. Radio reports said it started when a cooking fuel tank exploded.
Hospital officials said dozens of survivors had been brought in with third-degree burns. Others were trampled.
Firefighters later shared shots of gin to numb the horror of removing charred bodies.
Many victims were so badly burned that their bodies stuck to each other, said Adolfo Gutierrez, chief of staff of the Quezon City mayor's office.
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