Kentex slipper factory fire

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2015 Kentex factory fire

The charred exterior of the Kentex factory as it stood three days after the fire
Date	May 13, 2015
Location	Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines
Coordinates	14°42′11″N 120°58′36″E / 14.703105°N 120.9765771°E / 14.703105; 120.9765771
Deaths	74
2km 1.2miles 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; only the Ozone Disco Club fire in 1996 had claimed more lives.^[a][1]

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