This screen grab aerial picture from a handout video taken and received from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on September 10, 2026 shows the ruins of a ferry that caught fire off Palawan. At least five people were killed and 86 remain missing after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspot in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coast guard said on September 10.

At least five people are dead, and 87 remain unaccounted for after a ferry fire erupted near a tourist hotspot in the Philippine province of Palawan, the country’s coast guard said Thursday.

“Based on the data we have right now on rescued (42) and the casualties (five), we still have 87 people who are unaccounted for,” coast guard Captain Noemi Cayabyab told a local radio station, adding the ship’s manifest had listed 134 passengers and crew.

Attempts to put out the blaze were ongoing, she said.

AFP