A fire has broken out aboard a passenger ferry off the coast of the Philippines.
Sea-news.az reports citing The Manila Times and the coast guard, that five people have died and 87 others are missing following a fire on a ferry near a popular tourist destination in the Philippines’ Palawan province.
The vessel M/V June Aster caught fire 2.2 kilometers off the coast. There were 134 people on board the ship, of whom more than 40 have been successfully evacuated.
Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing.
