Palawan ferry fire kills five, leaves 86 missing　比パラワン沖フェリー火災、5人死亡・86人不明

Blast heard in cargo hold as investigation begins into cause

貨物区画で爆発音、出火原因を調査

A passenger-and-cargo ferry carrying 134 passengers and crew caught fire off Coron in the western Philippine province of Palawan on the evening of September 9. According to the Philippine Coast Guard, five people had died, 43 had been rescued and 86 remained unaccounted for as of September 10.

■The full article covers the following points (approximately 2,000 Japanese characters)

→The passenger-and-cargo ferry had a capacity of 330 people, with 134 aboard at the time of the incident

→The vessel is owned by the Philippines’ Atienza Inter-Island Ferries

→The vessel was carrying eight vehicles and pieces of equipment, including motorcycles and an electric vehicle, as well as general cargo

→A blast was heard in the cargo hold, while the cause of the fire remains under investigation

→Attention is also turning to the vessel’s particulars, including its year of completion, shipbuilder and shipmanagement arrangements

Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard

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フィリピン・パラワン島沖で旅客貨物船火災、5人死亡・86人不明

貨物区画で爆発音、出火原因を調査

　フィリピン西部パラワン州コロン沖で9日夕、乗客・乗員134人を乗せた旅客貨物フェリー「MV June Aster」が炎上した。フィリピン沿岸警備隊によると、10日時点で5人が死亡、43人が救助され、86人の安否が確認できていない。

■記事本文では以下の内容を読むことができます（記事全文約2,000文字）

→定員330人の旅客貨物フェリー、事故時の乗船者は134人

→船主はフィリピンのアティエンサ・インターアイランド・フェリーズ

→オートバイやEVなど車両・機材8台と一般貨物を積載

→貨物区画付近で爆発音、出火原因は調査中

→竣工年や建造所、船舶管理主体など船舶情報の確認も焦点

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