Three crew members have reportedly been killed and 14 others were injured following an explosion onboard an Aboitiz-operated ferry in the Philippines.
The blast occurred in the engine room of the 4,048-gt Butuan Bay 1 (built 1989) shortly after it left a port in Cebu City on Tuesday evening with 513 passengers onboard.
The three deceased were working in the engine room at the time of the blast with seven other crew members injured and a further seven passengers injured by falling debris blown from the ship
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