Philippine Coast Guard Says MV June Aster Death Toll Reaches 76
Authorities recovered 41 more charred remains as search and retrieval operations continue for 13 people still unaccounted for, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
- The death toll from the MV June Aster ferry fire off Coron, Palawan, has climbed to 76 after Philippine Coast Guard authorities recovered 41 more bodies from the charred vessel on Saturday.
- Survivor accounts citing two explosions inside the cargo hold preceded the fire that engulfed the ferry on Wednesday during its voyage from Manila to Coron, according to maritime authorities.
- PCG spokesperson Commodore Noemie Cayabyab confirmed 132 individuals were aboard, with 43 survivors and 13 people still missing as of Sunday, September 13, 2026.
- Responders transported recovered remains to Coron for forensic identification using the BRP Cape Engaño, while families waited for news outside Atienza Inter-Island Ferries' Manila office.
- Authorities are investigating whether the crew followed emergency procedures following this fire, the latest in a series of maritime accidents across the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands.
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Search for June Aster victims continues as death toll in Philippine ferry disaster hits 76, ‘some were found in an embrace’
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Coast Guard expands search for survivors of Palawan ferry blaze
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has expanded its search-and-rescue operations to coastal communities in Mindoro for possible survivors of the fire that hit passenger vessel MV June Aster off Coron, Palawan. The Coast Guard District Southern Tagalog on Sunday said it is coordinating with local disaster risk reduction and management offices, coastal barangays, and local fishermen in Mindoro amid the possibility th…
Forty-one more bodies have been recovered from a burning ferry in Palawan, Philippines. The death toll now stands at 76.
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