Payatas landslide
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The Payatas landslide was a garbage dump collapse at Payatas, Quezon City, Philippines, on July 10, 2000, that officially killed 218 people and left thousands of people homeless. A large pile of garbage first collapsed and then went up in flames which resulted in the destruction of about 100 squatters' houses.
See also
- Bangkang papel boys survivors of the tragedy, who attempted to get the attention of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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