The Ozone Disco Fire (1996)

In 1996, hundreds of young people flocked to Ozone Disco along Timog Ave. in Quezon City, Metro Manila, not knowing that most of them would no longer come out of the nightclub alive.

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References:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_Disco_fire
• Case Unclosed with Kara David: “Alaala ng Ozone,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA0BjqAHyiE
• https://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/disasters/knowledge-base/87521-1996-ozone-disco-club-fire
• https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/lifestyle/ozone-disco-tragedy-1996-a1729-20190318-lfrm
• https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/475986/sandiganbayan-affirms-conviction-of-ex-qc-officials-over-ozone-disco-tragedy/story/
• Marc Harold Chua (2003) “Ozone Disco Tragedy – Could’ve Been Prevented?: An Analysis on its Structure,” https://www.scribd.com/document/203786871/Ozone-Disco-Tragedy
• https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/11/21/1394152/timeline-18-years-after-ozone-disco-tragedy
• https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2001/03/17/90092/ozone-owners-get-lightly
• https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/652226/nightclub-door-that-trapped-fire-victims-supposedly-good-feng-shui
• https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/20/world/disco-in-manila-for-35-people-held-400.html
• https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1977/02/19/presidential-decree-no-1096-s-1977/
• http://no-benta.blogspot.com/2010/07/panic-at-disco.html
• https://www.manilatimes.net/2015/09/09/lifestyle-entertainment/life-times/scarvivors-tell-their-stories/217615/
• http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/61bd5d65df6444d1ed8d1e330090d7ac
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nightclub_fires
• https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/travel/ph-travel/42383-ghost-hunting-ph-7-places
• https://acesubido.net/ph-inflation-calculator/

Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

(Photo above via rappler.com)