Update: Deadly Philippines ferry fire triggers search for scores of missing

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Multiple search and rescue vessels deployed following blaze off Palawan island leaves at least five dead, states coast guard A large-scale ⁠search and rescue operation ​is under way off the western Philippine island of Palawan on Thursday following a passenger ferry caught fire, killing five people and leaving ⁠scores of passengers missing. The report also notes that The Philippine coast guard stated multiple vessels and other assets were searching for survivors as rescue teams used drift-modelling tools ⁠to identify areas where people may have been carried by currents.

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