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                    [Title] => Timeline: 18 years after Ozone Disco tragedy
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A total of 162 people, mostly young and new graduates, are trapped and burned to death in Ozone Disco Club in Quezon City after sparks flew from the disc jockey booth, followed by smoke and flames engulfing the place.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1222527 [AuthorName] => Charmie Joy Pagulong [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141121/Ozone-Disco-5V.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1393890 [Title] => Gov't officers found guilty over Ozone tragedy [Summary] =>

After 18 years since the tragedy, the Sandiganbayan on Thursday ruled against Quezon City officers over the 1996 Ozone Disco fire that killed 162 people.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-20 11:17:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141120/ozone-disco-fire.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101603 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Justice for Ozone victims [Summary] => The scars may never heal for the survivors of the fire that destroyed the Ozone Disco. Five years ago today, fire broke out in the disc jockey’s booth of the disco in Quezon City. The disco’s fire extinguishers didn’t work and there were no water sprinklers. There was also no fire exit. This might have posed no problem if there had been a sparse crowd in the disco, which was supposed to hold only 35 people. On that fateful night, however, the disco was crammed with 350 customers, most of them young people celebrating their graduation, in addition to 40 employees. [DatePublished] => 2001-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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