Fire On Passenger Ship In Philippines Claims Lives Of At Least 12 People - Reports

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published March 30, 2023 | 10:00 AM

Fire on Passenger Ship in Philippines Claims Lives of at Least 12 People - Reports

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 30th March, 2023) At least 12 people, including three children, have died after a fire started on a passenger ship off the coast of Basilan province in the southern Philippines, Philippine media reported on Thursday, citing Governor Jim Hataman-Salliman.

The ship was carrying about 200 passengers when it caught fire off Baluk-Baluk Island on Wednesday night, the ABS-CBN broadcaster reported.

The report added that most of the passengers were rescued, with 14 people being hospitalized.

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