This is a list of man-made disasters in the Philippines. This includes only acts that were not deliberately perpetrated and involved significant damage or loss of life.
21 October 1977 – A US Marine Corps helicopter crashed during a military exercise in Mindoro, killing 24 servicemen.[7]
26 February 1981 – A US Air Force C-130 plane crashed into the South China Sea, near Subic Bay Naval Base, killing 23 of 24 American, Philippine, Australian, and New Zealand military personnel aboard.[8]
2 April 2009 – A light passenger plane crashed into the Sierra Madre Mountains in Baggao, Cagayan, killing all seven on board. The wreckage was found on April 14.[22]
17 May 2010 – A Robinson R44 helicopter carrying Quezon Province Governor Rafael Nantes crashed into a residential area of Lucena, Quezon, killing all four people on board and two people on the ground.[23]
2 September 1954 – Fabrica train crash. A timber train carrying more than 100 passengers derailed and multiple wagons fell off a bridge in the village of Fabrica in Sagay, Negros Occidental. At least 82 people were killed.
6 January 1967 – 1967 Cavite bus crash. Two Catholic pilgrimage buses plunged off a cliff near a reinforced timber bridge in Indang after colliding with each other on a mountainous road, killing more than 80 people.
6 June 1969 – A bus navigating a sharp descending curve on a narrow mountain road near Baler, Quezon, plunged into a ravine and burst into flames. 40 people were killed and 32 were injured.[32]
30 April 1976 – At least 28 persons were killed in a bus crash near Manila.[33]
5 September 1977 – Sixteen persons were killed and 24 others were injured when two speeding trucks crashed into a bus.[34]
20 December 1979 – A bus plunged into a river in Isabela, killing at least 50 people.[35]
23 May 1986 – A bus fell off a cliff and exploded in Hamtic, Antique, killing 23 people and injuring 15.[36]
3 January 1995 – An overloaded bus missed a bridge and fell off a ravine in Echague, Isabela, killing at least 31 people and injuring 36.[37]
2 February 2002 – A bus plunged off a ravine in Bokod, Benguet, killing 12 passengers and injuring several others.[47]
26 April 2002 – A collision between a jeepney and a bus in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya killed 11 and injured six.[48]
10 August 2002 – A van smashed into a speeding 10-wheeler cargo truck in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte, killing 11 and injuring two.[49]
24 November 2002 – A bus fell 30–40 feet into a creek in Tagkawayan, Quezon, killing 33 and injuring six.[50]
27 April 2003 – A jeep smashed into an oncoming bus on a mountain road in Tagkawayan, Quezon causing the bus to plunge into a ravine, killing 11 people and injuring 31.[51]
22 September 2003 – A bus collided with another bus and a van before plunging into a ravine in Gattaran, Cagayan, killing 14.[52]
27 September 2003 – A minibus ploughed into a waiting shed in Mariveles, Bataan killing 14.[53]
28 October 2006 – A dump truck lost its brakes while maneuvering a downhill curve, causing it to smash into several vehicles before plowing through villagers celebrating a religious feast in Makilala, Cotabato, killing 18.[59]
2 February 2007 – A burning chemical truck exploded just as a bus was passing beside it in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, killing over 50.[60]
22 July 2007 – A truck collided with a motorcycle in Calbayog, Samar, killing 13 and injuring 30.[61]
29 January 2008 – A packed van collided head-on with a truck loaded with cement bags on a narrow highway in Carmen, Cotabato, killing 14 and injuring 20.[62]
29 July 2008 – Two buses collided head-on in Pamplona, Camarines Sur, killing 13 people and injuring 30 others.[63]
27 August 2008 – A van carrying South Korean tourists crashed into a concrete wall in Bolinao, Pangasinan, killing ten passengers.[64]
28 March 2009 – A bus collided with a 10-wheeler hauler truck in Naga, Cebu, killing 14.[65]
28 October 2009 – A bus fell into an 80-foot ravine after colliding with two other vehicles on a bridge in Cauayan, Isabela, killing ten and injuring 21.[67]
15 February 2010 – A 30-seater jeepney and a trailer truck collided in Piat, Cagayan, killing 14 and injuring 13.[68]
7 March 2010 – A bus lost its brakes before slamming into a tree in Pugo, La Union, killing 12.[69]
20 February 2017 – 2017 Tanay bus accident. A tourist bus carrying more than 50 passengers lost control and hit an power pole in Tanay, Rizal, killing 15 people and injuring 40.[80]
17 September 2019 – A truck fell down a ravine in T'Boli, South Cotabato, killing 20 people and injuring 12.[86]
31 October 2019 – 19 people were killed and 21 others were injured after a truck they rented fell into a ravine in Conner, Apayao.[87]
12 January 2022 – At least 11 people were killed after a small truck packed with partygoers, including children, overturned in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental.[88]
4 August 2022 – 10 died in a collision involving a ten-wheeler hauler truck, a van fully loaded with passengers, and a pick-up truck in General Santos.[89]
5 December 2023 – A bus fell into a ravine in Hamtic, Antique, killing 18 passengers and injuring ten.[90]
21 February 2024 – A truck loaded with passengers fell into a ravine in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, killing 15 people and injuring two.[91]
25 March 2024 – A van collided with a truck and caught fire in Antipas, Cotabato, killing 17 people and injuring four.[92]
10 July 2024 – A bus collided with a pickup truck in Abulug, Cagayan, killing at least 11 people and injuring five others.[93]
3 December 1998 – A fire devastated the Bahay Kalinga orphanage, run by women's organization Asociacion de Damas de Filipinas Inc., in Paco, Manila, with at least 30 people confirmed dead, mostly children who admitted there.[117][118][119]
18 August 2001 – Manor Hotel fire. 74 people died in a hotel fire in Quezon City.[121]
26 October 2005 – An explosion occurred inside a gold mine tunnel in Mount Diwata, killing at least 32 people, with five others missing and feared dead.[122]
19 October 2007 - 2007 Glorietta explosion. 11 people died and hundreds more injured after an explosion inside the Glorietta shopping complex at Ayala Center in Makati. Police claimed it was caused by a gas explosion, through suspicions linger on whether it was a bomb attack.
31 December 2007 - 2007 Bocaue fire. About 20 fireworks stalls caught fire and exploded, injuring at least three people.[123]
31 May 2013 - 2013 Serendra explosion. A gas leak led to an explosion inside a condominium complex in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig that hurled a chunk of concrete wall into a road, killing three passengers of a passing delivery van and injuring five others.
13 December 1952 - A cave-in at a mine in Paracale, Camarines Norte caused by waters entering from the Paracale River killed 56 miners.[132]
17 November 1981 - During the construction of the Manila Film Center, the scaffolding[133] collapsed,[134][135] and at least 169[136][137] workers fell and were buried under quick-drying wet cement.[138] Seven people were officially listed as having been killed in the accident.[139] However, it was believed that many more were killed and several bodies were not recovered, having been poured over with cement to rush with the construction and as part of a media blackout during the Marcos dictatorship.
30 May 1989 - A mining community in Mount Diwata, Monkayo, then part of Davao del Norte, collapsed from heavy rain, resulting in the deaths of thousands, mostly miners.[141]
15 May 1996 - The roof of a Coca-Cola plant that was under construction in Santa Rosa, Laguna collapsed, killing seven workers and injuring 20.[142]
26 December 1997 - Heavy rains caused the collapse of the gold mine tunnels in Mount Diwata, killing 80 miners.[143]
19 January 2015 – Eleven people were killed while four others are injured after a wall collapsed at a construction site in Guiguinto, Bulacan.[144]
2 January 1992 – The tailings dam broke at Number Two tailings storage facility of Philex Mining Corporation's Padcal mine in Tuba, Benguet, releasing 80 million cubic metres of effluent.[145]
6 September 1995 – Apparent explosions caused by "treasure-hunting" activities triggered the collapse of the crater wall of Mt. Parker in T'boli, South Cotabato, overflowing Lake Maughan atop, and devastating mostly tribal communities. At least 70 people were reported killed while 125 were missing, with damages worth ₱346-million.[146]
24 March 1996 – Marcopper mining disaster. A fracture in the drainage tunnel of a large pit containing leftover mine tailings belonging to a Canadian firm led to a discharge of toxic mine waste into the Makulapnit-Boac river system in Marinduque, causing flash flooding, extensive contamination, adverse health effects and the biological death of the river system.
August–September 1999 – Sixty-eight residents mysteriously died in Clark, Pampanga. A task force found out that the deaths were caused by tons of toxic waste abandoned in the former US air base.[147]
10 July 2000 - Payatas landslide. More than 200 people died when a large volume of garbage stored at the Payatas Dumpsite in Quezon City collapsed into nearby settlements.[148]
August 2012 – Padcal tailings spills. A series of mine tailings spills from Tailings Pond 3 of the Philex Mining Corporation's Padcal mine in Tuba, Benguet, that resulted in the release of a total of 21 million tonnes of solids.[151][152]
25 July 2024 - 2024 Manila Bay oil spill. The oil tanker MT Terra Nova, carrying around 1.5 million liters of industrial fuel, capsized and sank in 34m depth of water[156] off Limay, Bataan during Typhoon Gaemi, causing an oil spill with a length of four kilometers along Manila Bay.[157]
2 May 1994 – 166 people were hospitalized after eating meat from carabaos believed to have died in an epidemic in Jabonga, Agusan del Norte.[158]
2 August 1994 – 260 students were hospitalized after eating cooked cabbage contaminated with formalin in Valencia, Bukidnon.[159]
9 March 2005 – At least 28 students died and more than 100 others were hospitalized after eating cassava-based snacks believed to have been tainted with pesticide in Mabini, Bohol.[160]
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