A total of 43 people were rescued from the MV June Aster in Palawan province after a fire broke out on Wednesday and burned overnight. A total of 132 were on board at the time.
A fire that broke out on a passenger ferry in the Philippines has killed at least 76 people, while 13 are still missing.
A total of 43 people were rescued from the MV June Aster off the municipality of Coron in Palawan province, the Philippines coastguard said, after the fire broke out on Wednesday evening and burned overnight.
The fire reportedly tore through the vessel so quickly that one man had no time to get a lifejacket as others stepped on him in panic.
"The fire quickly spread. That's when I dropped to the ground and my back was burned," Arnulfo Nokki Villanueva recounted in a video broadcast by News5.
He said that he jumped from a window. "I wanted to get a life jacket but failed to get one because people were stepping on me. People were in panic."
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