WorldPingDeath toll from Philippines ferry fire rises to 76, with more still missing
Access to the burnt-out boat has been slowed by toxic fumes and lingering heat, the country's coast guard says.
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The Philippine Coast Guard says 41 more bodies have been recovered from the M/V June Aster, with 13 people still missing…
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WorldPingAccess to the burnt-out boat has been slowed by toxic fumes and lingering heat, the country's coast guard says.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
WorldPingImages provided by the coast guard showed the charred interior of the ship and what appeared to be human remains, ashes and burnt metal, including a car…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingThe deadly fire had begun in the ferry’s cargo hold, then tore through the ship within seconds The bodies of passengers killed in a ferry fire off the Philippines arrived at a port near the resort town of Coron, Palawan, on Saturday morning, as the c…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
WorldPingThirty charred bodies found inside a burned passenger ferry in the western Philippines have arrived at a port for identification after a ship fire that killed at least 35 people…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ABC News
WorldPingMore than 100 others on board were evacuated from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, including one who died Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 140 people from a passenger ship that was earlier reported missing in the Java Sea after 103 othe…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
Vessel travelling from the East Java city of Surabaya to the South Kalimantan city of Banjarmasin…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu