Philippines begins identifying victims from ferry fire as dozens still missing
Forensic teams are identifying victims after the blaze on a ferry carrying more than 130 people, with 35 confirmed dead and over 50 still missing.
- On Saturday, Philippine authorities began identifying victims from a ferry fire at a Coron port, raising the death toll to at least 35 with more than 50 people still missing.
- The Maritime Industry Authority, citing survivor accounts, reported that two explosions occurred inside the vessel shortly before the fire broke out, causing it to spread through the ferry within seconds.
- Coast Guard spokesperson Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said she received information the captain was alive, though his name does not appear on the list of 43 confirmed survivors.
- Anelyn Magbanua, 37, whose husband was returning to Coron on the ferry, expressed anguish over his fate: "It will be very difficult to accept if he's really gone."
- This incident marks the latest in a string of deadly maritime accidents in the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands where millions rely on ferries for travel.
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The vessel, in which 134 people were travelling, was headed for Corón when the disaster was declared. So far 43 people have been rescued, including Chileans Tabata Jara and Lucas Jofré.
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The ferry is stranded on an island off Coron, a popular tourist destination on Palawan Island, in the western Philippines. A dozen people are still missing, according to the Coast Guard.
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Philippine officials have found dozens more bodies from the ferry fire, bringing the total death toll to 76, with dozens still missing.
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