Ship catches fire at Ormoc City port


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Fire broke out on a passenger ship docked at the Ormoc City port in Leyte early Sat morning, Aug 15.

The MV Wonderful Stars of the Roble Shipping Lines carrying 544 passengers docked at the port around 3:50am. The ship caught fire 30 minutes later.

All passengers had safely disembarked from the ship when the blaze happened.

However, authorities said three crew members were injured and brought to a nearby hospital. —from a report from Sharon Evite, ABS-CBN News Tacloban

Photo: Glenn Vergara, as contributed to ABS-CBNnews.com

This article has been re-published with permission from ABS-CBNnews.com.



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