An urgent search for survivors is underway after a ferry in the Philippines catches fire. Dozens are still missing and at least five people are dead. The Philippine coastguard says it’s still too dangerous to board the ferry, but they fear people are trapped inside.
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Photo: a drone view shows burned MV June Aster, after a fire broke out on the ferry, off the coast of the Philippines.
Credit: Reuters