Asis, Kenneth Eugene M.

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MV Doña Paz (1987)

The passenger ship Doña Paz was sailing from Tacloban, Leyte, to Manila. MT Vector, an oil
tanker, was transporting 1,050,000 gallons of gasoline and other petroleum products from Bataan
to Masbate at the same time. The two yachts crashed shortly before midnight on December 20,
1987, only five days before Christmas, in the Tablas Strait near Marinduque. This sparked a fire
that swiftly spread throughout the ship. Survivors would subsequently describe that, in addition
to the ship, the water looked to be on fire as a consequence of the ship's gas and petroleum leaks.
In what is considered the world's greatest peacetime maritime accident, an estimated 4,000
people died. The absence of life jackets and the passenger vessel's overcapacity—at least two
thousand people were not recorded on the manifest—added to the disaster.
The collision of the two yachts could have been prevented if both yacht keeps a constant lookout.
Avoid sailing or motoring in ship channels, especially if visibility is poor because of fog, rain or
darkness. It’ll be very hard to put out a fire from something full of combustible materials.

NCCC Mall (December 23, 2017)

A fire consumed the 14-year-old NCCC Mall in Davao two days before Christmas, a season
when most Pinoys go shopping at malls. A short circuit near the ceiling of the fabric and
furnishings areas caused the fire. The fire burned for 32 hours, killing 38 people, the majority of
whom were contact center personnel working on the fourth level.
Authorities eventually discovered that the building's third story, where the fire originated, lacked
a working sprinkler system. Sprinkler system control valves were also manually switched off at
the time of the incident.
A mandatory maintenance checking for sprinkler system should always be conducted time to
time. A fire drill and a nearby fire exit will help the people inside especially those who are on the
higher floors of the building

Kentex Slipper Manufacturing Fire (2015)

A business that made flipflops and rubber shoes caught fire on May 13, 2015, when welding
sparks ignited chemicals that were incorrectly kept near the firm's entrance. The fire took five
hours to entirely extinguish, and 74 people had died by that time. The majority of the bodies
were discovered on the second level and were substantially burned, reduced to charred heads and
bones.
Survivors of the fire criticized the factory's terrible working conditions. Rex Gatchalian, the
mayor of Valenzuela City, was charged with corruption and reckless imprudence, culminating in
several homicide and physical harm accusations two years later. The indictment against
Gatchalian, however, was dismissed by the Antigraft Court's Second Division.
Safety precautions should be implemented, the cause of this fire is human negligence of work
safety. Welding on a place with combustible chemicals and for sure chemical containers without
lid that sets the fire up. Informing the workers regarding what’s happening during their work and
if there are things that might cause problems to them. Like informing them that the place has
combustible materials that can spark a fire the the tiniest form of fire.