Passenger Ferry Is on Fire Near Manila
Thursday February 26, 2004 6:46 PM
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A passenger ferry was on fire early Friday near Manila, and rescue vessels were dispatched, the coast guard said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Radio station DZRH reported 717 passengers were on board the Superferry 14, traveling from Manila to the central city of Bacolod.
Coast guard Apprentice Jess Galicah told The Associated Press that the fire was reported around 1 a.m. off Bataan province. The cause and severity were not immediately known.
Galicah said the ship had a capacity of 1,672 passengers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3793234,00.htmlThere was an explosion in Manila yesterday too according to homelandsecurityus.com.
MANILA. Fire triggers blasts at Philippine national police headquarters. A fire at the Philippine national police headquarters triggered a series of blasts in a building housing explosives and ammunition on Wednesday, said police. Police officials said there was no immediate reports on casualties and the cause of the fire that set off the explosions was yet to be known.
from another link: The spokesman said the passenger manifest showed 690 adults and 27 children were aboard the Superferry 14.