QC engineer in Ozone Disco fire acquitted

The Sandiganbayan has acquitted a former Quezon City engineer of any liabilities over the deadly Ozone Disco blaze which killed 162 people, mostly teenagers, more than a decade ago. Magistrates cleared Alfredo Macapugay, who was mandated at the time of the inferno to ensure the enforcement of building safety regulations. The Ozone Disco had no alarm systems, emergency lights, sprinkler systems or proper fire exits. The March 18, 1996 incident remains one of the Philippines' deadliest fires in more than half a century. - GMANews.TV