At least 31 people died and 230 were rescued after a fire engulfed a ferry in Basilan, authorities said Thursday, March 30. ManilaBulletin
The Lady Mary Joy 3 was travelling from Zamboanga City to Jolo, Sulu when the fire broke out late Wednesday, March 29, prompting passengers to jump overboard, disaster officer Nixon Alonzo said.
An earlier death toll more than doubled after the discovery of 18 bodies on the vessel, Basilan Gov. Jim Salliman told AFP."People panicked because they were asleep when the fire happened," said Commodore Rejard Marfe from the PCG, citing witness accounts. Survivors were taken to Zamboanga and Basilan where the injured received treatment for burns, Salliman said.
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