Disco fire death toll likely to rise

Disco fire death toll likely to rise

MANILA (Reuter): The death toll from a Manila disco fire is likely to rise as the Philippines launched a crackdown against nightclubs with inadequate fire exits, officials said yesterday.

At least 151 young revelers died in the fire which struck the Ozone disco after midnight on Tuesday.

At least 11 people were in serious condition in three hospitals.

"It does not look good because of the burns all over their bodies," said a doctor in one of the hospitals.

Police in Manila's Quezon district where the disaster occurred shut down four disco houses late on Wednesday because they lacked adequate fire exits and emergency lights.