Five people were confirmed dead while 86 others remained missing on Thursday after fire erupted onboard the passenger ferry MV June Aster off Coron, Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. PCG spokesman Commo. Noemie Cayabyab said 43 survivors and five fatalities had so far been accounted for from the vessel’s initial manifest listing 134 people — 117 passengers and 17 crew members. She said the number of those still unaccounted for remained preliminary as authorities continued to reconcile the manifest with records from the local government, the shipping company and relatives of passengers.

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