Rescuers are searching for at least seven missing people.
More than 30 people are dead following an eight-hour long fire on a ferry in the southern Philippines, officialsIn this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Philippine Coast Guard ship trains its hoseas it tries to extinguish fire on the MV Lady Mary Joy at Basilan, southern Philippines early Thursday March 30, 2023.
More than 200 people survived after jumping off the fiery ship and were rescued by the coast guard, navy, a nearby ferry and local fishermen, Basilan’s Gov. Jim Hataman told the AP.the AP, with the vessel approved to carry 240 passengers and crew.Key Background With more than 7,100 islands, traveling by boat is a common and cheap mode of transportation for many in the Philippines, making boat accidents common as well. Last year seven people died, after a passenger ferryleaving more than 120 passengers jumping into the water to survive. In 2017, four people died after an accident off the Quezon Province. Most famously, in 1987 more than 4,300 people died after the ferry Dona Paz collided with an oil tanker in the Philippines.
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