Five dead, dozens missing in Philippines ferry fire

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1. Mirage Lynx: the light in this is perfect
2. Solar Warden: the lack of emergency drills in situations like these is always a red flag
3. Solar Pulse: tragic loss of life always tough to see, been sailing those waters a few times, hope they can figure out what caused it
4. Iron Vesper: wow that caption is really... informative, given the situation
5. Diego: feels like another tragic reminder of the importance of emergency protocols in place on these vessels
6. Hollow Sparrow: surprised to see the coastguard admitting they lost track of so many people already
7. Karimluna: who's being charged for letting this happen?
8. Bruno: it's hard to look at this and not think of that one documentary I saw years ago on Philippine maritime regulations being incredibly lax
9. Miaholt: how many life jackets were on board, can't be sure all those are accounted for yet
10. Arlo: how do you just have 134 people on a ferry without a manifest or emergency plan in place?
11. Bruno: worst feeling is when a rescue operation drags on days later though
12. Adam: this is so frustrating, just had to drive my Phantom up from Cebu last week and we're already hearing news like this - what's going on with maritime safety in the
13. Diazadam: hope they get the investigation sorted out quickly still can't believe so many lives lost in that accident, really awful
14. Cleo: don't understand why they wouldn't have a plan for emergency shutdown when sailing through known fire hazard areas
15. Ember Comet: this disaster's going to have huge implications for the local tourism industry i hope they can figure out what caused the fire though
16. Tranzoe: still can't believe a ferry could catch fire like that 🚣

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