Basilan ferry fire death toll: 31 3 kids—including 6-month-old baby—among dead, 230 others rescued READ MORE:
At least 31 people died and 230 were rescued after a fire engulfed a ferry off Basilan province, authorities said Thursday.This handout picture taken on March 29 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a PCG ship spraying water on fire onboard the Lady Mary Joy 3 during a search and rescue operation in waters off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan.
Rescuers, including the Philippine Coast Guard and fishermen, saved 195 passengers and 35 crew as the blaze ripped through the ferry off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan.Basilan Governor Jim Salliman said 31 bodies had been retrieved, including 18 found inside an air-conditioned cabin. Ahijon said he and several coast guard officers helped other passengers to safety, including a baby they put in a bucket and lowered over the side of the boat.
In a report, Coast Guard District South-Western Mindanao commander Commodore Marco Antonio Gines said the fire allegedly broke out at the accommodation area on the second deck of the vessel, stressing they had not conducted a full investigation into the fire nor could they confirm what caused it.Marfe said four members of the coast guard and an unknown number of army personnel were on board but not listed in the manifest.
Survivors were taken to Zamboanga and Basilan, where the injured were treated for burns, Salliman said. More than 200 passengers and crew members were on board the M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 when it caught fire late Wednesday evening while docked at the pier of Baluk-Baluk Island.
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