2026年9月10日 / 美国东部时间早上5:24 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
菲律宾马尼拉——菲律宾西部近海一艘客运渡轮周三夜间起火，周四已造成至少5人死亡，数十人失踪。
菲律宾海岸警卫队发言人诺埃米·卡亚比亚海军上校表示，目前已有43人获救，搜救人员正对失踪人员展开大规模高强度搜寻。
渡轮“朱恩·阿斯特号”在火势被扑灭后仍处于漂浮状态，但已发生倾斜。大火于周三晚间燃起，截至周四中午，烧焦的船体上空仍有缕缕烟雾飘散。
“我们正在持续开展搜救行动，”她说道，海岸警卫队舰艇、高速救援艇已与军方舰艇、其他政府船只、民间志愿者及渔民汇合展开救援。
海岸警卫队已通过无线电广播通知附近船只留意寻找该渡轮的乘客，并与沿海村庄协调，以防有乘客漂流至岸边。
夜间救援画面显示，海岸警卫队队员向幸存者投掷救生衣，背景中渡轮仍在燃烧。乘客被转移至小型船只，随后被送至浅水区，现场岸边摆放了多个裹尸袋。
该渡轮从首都马尼拉出发，原定目的地为巴拉望省科隆镇，大火于周三晚间6点45分左右在航行途中燃起。
恶劣天气和巨浪给救援工作带来了挑战。渡轮最初在距离科隆镇图尔达村约4海里的海域发出遇险信号，但强劲的海流将船体冲到了距离图尔达村7.68海里的位置。
据路透社报道，救援人员正在使用漂流模型工具，确定可能被洋流冲走的人员所在区域。
卡亚比亚表示，目前尚不清楚起火原因，一名幸存者称火势可能始于货舱，海岸警卫队正与航运公司及海事当局协调以获取更多细节。
她透露，渡轮上共有134人，其中117名乘客和17名船员，暂无船上有外国乘客的相关信息。
渡轮是菲律宾群岛地区常见的交通方式。由于风暴、船舶维护不善、过度拥挤以及安全法规执行不力，尤其是在偏远省份，海上事故时有发生。
1987年，“多纳·帕斯号”渡轮在菲律宾中部与一艘油轮相撞后沉没，造成4300多人死亡，成为世界上最严重的和平时期海上灾难。
Fire on ferry off Philippines leaves dozens missing, kills at least 5
September 10, 2026 / 5:24 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Manila, Philippines— A fire that burned overnight on a passenger ferry off the western Philippines left dozens of people missing Thursday and killed at least five.
So far, 43 people have been rescued, Coast Guard spokeswoman Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said. An intense and widespread search was on for the unaccounted for.
The ferry MV June Aster was afloat but listing after the fire was put out. The blaze started Wednesday evening. Tendrils of smoke still wafted over the charred vessel by midday Thursday.
The ferry MV June Aster is seen on Sept. 10, 2026, following an onboard fire off Palawan, Philippines. Philippine Coast Guard /Handout / Anadolu via Getty Images
“We are continuing search-and-rescue operations,” she said, with a Coast Guard ship and high-speed response boats joined by a military vessel and other government boats, private volunteers and fishermen.
The Coast Guard made a radio broadcast to nearby ships to be on the lookout for passengers from the ferry, and it coordinated with coastal villages in case any passengers drifted to shore.
In this image provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a survivor is assisted as he gets out of a small boat after being rescued from a burning ferry off Palawan province, Philippines, on Sept. 9, 2026. Philippine Coast Guard via AP
Images of nighttime rescue efforts showed Coast Guard personnel tossing life jackets to survivors as the ferry burned in the background. Passengers were helped into smaller boats that took them to shallow water, and body bags were laid out at what looked like a port.
The ferry had sailed from the capital Manila and was near its destination of Coron in Palawan province when the fire started around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Bad weather and big waves challenged rescuers. The ferry was around 4 nautical miles off Coron’s village of Turda when it sent a distress signal, but strong sea currents had dragged it to a distance of 7.68 nautical miles off Turda.
Rescuers were using drift-modeling tools to identify areas where people may have been carried by currents, the Reuters news agency reported.
Cayabyab said it was unclear what caused the fire, which one survivor said may have begun in the cargo hold, and the Coast Guard was coordinating with the shipping company and maritime authorities to get more details.
She said 134 people were on board, 117 of them passengers and 17 crew. There was no information about any foreigners on board.
Ferries are a common transportation method in the Philippine archipelago. Sea accidents are not uncommon due to storms, badly maintained vessels, overcrowding and spotty enforcement of safety regulations, especially in remote provinces.
In 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker in the central Philippines, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s deadliest peacetime maritime disaster.
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