00:01At least five people have been killed and 86 remain unaccounted for after a passenger ferry
00:06called fire off the western Philippines. The MV June Astor caught fire on Wednesday evening about
00:132.2 kilometers offshore as it approached its destination of Koron in Palawan province.
00:18The ferry had sailed from Manila with 134 people on board, 117 passengers and 17 crew.
00:26More than 40 people were rescued despite challenging weather conditions with the Coast Guard,
00:31military and other vessels involved in the search and rescue operation.
00:36The Philippine Coast Guard said the figures were based on live data and could change as
00:40the operation continued. Passengers were taken into smaller boats and brought towards shallow water
00:47while smoke continued to rise from the shard vessel. The fire was the latest in a series of deadly ferry
00:53accidents in the Philippines. In January, a ferry carrying more than 340 people sank, killing at least 52.
