Going to Disco is very popular among the youth all over the world. In such a situation, many young people arrive at the disco to celebrate a graduation party or birthday party with their friends. One such disco was present in Quezon City, Philippines. Called Ozone Disco, this disco was very popular among the youth living here in the 90s. In March 1996, there was such a terrible accident in this disco that its wounds are still in the minds of the people of the Philippines. Actually, on this day, this disco caught fire and 162 people died. A large number of students were among those who died, who had come here to do a graduation party.
On the night of 18 March 1996, a large number of students arrived at the ozone disco for the graduation party. Due to the graduation season, a large number of students were present here. In total, 350 students arrived here to party. These students were about to start a new chapter in their lives. But the fire at the disco changed his life. At night, when people were partying. During this time, some sparks arose on the roof of the disco. Colorful lights were coming from the DJ booth, in such a situation, people considered these sparks as part of those lights. People continued to dance, but on seeing the spark, it turned into fire.
People could not get information about fire due to the burning of mike wire
Seeing the fire going towards the dance floor of the disco, people quickly started running away from there. But some people got stuck there. The DJ of the disco tried to warn people through the mike. But the wire of the mic had run out due to the fire and the microphone was not working. The fire had caused chaos and the situation became increasingly worse. People were rushing out of the disco fast, during which a stampede ensued. People were rushing towards the exit gate fast, but during this time some people fell and were killed in the stampede.
Dozens killed in a stampede
At the same time, the guards on the second floor felt that there were riots below. The guards were oblivious to the fire and closed the second-floor door. In such a situation, people got trapped in the mouth of death there. Eyewitnesses said that when the doors were opened, a huge crowd of people ran to get out. During this time a stampede occurred and dozens of people were killed. At the same time, dozens of people were burnt to death on the first floor. As soon as the information of the incident was received, the team of the fire department reached the disco. During this time, the flames of fire were coming out of the disco. By now, it had been more than two hours since the fire started.
Waterless corpses found on extinguishing the fire
After hours of hard work, firefighters finally got the fire under control. By that time it was too late. The ozone disco tragedy had become one of the fiercest nightclub fires in the world. When the rescue team reached inside after extinguishing the fire, there were scattered water bodies lying there. Dozens of people lost their lives due to suffocation. Altogether 162 people lost their lives in this incident. It is considered one of the most dangerous events in the history of the Philippines.
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