FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Authorities continued recovery operations and the investigation aboard the MV June Aster in Coron, Palawan on 14 September, as teams worked to search the vessel and recover evidence linked to the incident. As stated on the latest updates from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the death toll from Philippine ferry fire aboard the MV June Aster has risen to 76, as 41 more bodies have been recovered, with 13 people still missing. The fire engulfed the ferry’s lower decks on evening, just 2.2 kilometres (1.3 miles) from its destination. Rescuers pulled 43 survivors from the water that night. RelatedNews World’s largest battery-electric ferry delivered in Río de la Plata Bulk carrier hit in Novorossiysk, three crew reportedly injured var jnews_module_21382027_0_6aa7d5af6e349 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21382027","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"157,1748,74,708,220,251","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ad