Payatas landslide

Payatas landslide
DateJuly 10, 2000 (2000-07-10)
VenuePayatas dumpsite
LocationQuezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
TypeLandslide
CauseSlope of accumulated garbage
OutcomeBan of open ground dumpsites in the Philippines; closure of the Payatas dumpsite in 2010
Deaths218

The Payatas landslide was a garbage dump collapse at Payatas, Quezon City, Philippines, on July 10, 2000. A large pile of garbage first collapsed and then went up in flames which resulted in the destruction of about 100 houses.