MV June Aster ship fire

When

9 Sep 2026

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

12.03° N, 120.35° E

Description

ship fire

Deaths

76

2026 Philippine maritime disaster in Coron

On the evening of September 9, 2026, the Philippine passenger-cargo vessel MV June Aster caught fire in the waters off Coron, Palawan. The ferry was carrying 128 passengers and 17 crew members when the fire broke out. The fire was reported at around 6:45 p.m. PHT (UTC+8) approximately 1.2 nautical miles northeast of Barangay Marcilla in Coron.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A fire on the ferry MV June Aster kills at least 76 people and 13 others go missing off Coron, Palawan, Philippines”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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