Five dead and 86 missing as 'heartbreaking' fire breaks out on Philippines ferry
The strong currents and thick smoke were a challenge to those working to extinguish it, the coastguard said.A survivor says he was in the sea for two hours before he got rescued. If the rescue was delayed, I would definitely have died," Roland Lerma told the BBC. Some passengers were not wearing life vests, they noted.Forty-three people have been rescued but it is unclear how many have sustained injuries.
- ▪The strong currents and thick smoke were a challenge to those working to extinguish it, the coastguard said.A survivor says he was in the sea for two hours before he got rescued.
- ▪If the rescue was delayed, I would definitely have died," Roland Lerma told the BBC.
- ▪Some passengers were not wearing life vests, they noted.Forty-three people have been rescued but it is unclear how many have sustained injuries.
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Five dead and 86 missing as 'heartbreaking' fire breaks out on Philippines ferry<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: What we know about the fatal Philippines ferry fireByVirma Simonette Rivera, Reporting fromManila and Kelly NgPublished10 September 2026, 05:08 BSTUpdated 51 minutes agoAt least five people have died and 86 are missing after a fire broke out on a ferry in the Philippines, the country's coastguard said.The MV June…
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