Manor Hotel fire

[b][5] The Manor Hotel occupied a six-storey concrete building[6] along Kamias Road in Quezon City, Metro Manila.

[8][9] A security guard at an adjacent building fired three warning shots after he saw smoke coming out of an exhaust fan from the Manor Hotel at 3:50 am after which he heard an explosion.

172 of them were taking part in the three-day Destiny Conference Crusade by the Don Clowers Ministries, an American evangelical group based in Irving, Texas.

According to Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr., the fire may have started in a restaurant and karaoke bar on the third floor.

[15] The Christian conference attended by 8,000 people at the Araneta Coliseum on August 18 dedicated their service to the victims and families of the fire.

[2] Four Quezon City government officials and five Manor Hotel officers were convicted of charges in relation to the 2001 fire on March 29, 2019, by the Sandiganbayan's Seventh Division.