{"id":6364,"date":"2024-06-06T22:49:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2024-06-06T22:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:49:35","slug":"fishing-boat-explodes-off-cebu-6-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/fishing-boat-explodes-off-cebu-6-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"FISHING BOAT EXPLODES OFF CEBU; 6 DEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>A FISHING vessel on Wednesday night exploded and caught fire in the sea of Naga City in Cebu leaving six people dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Six others were rescued.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police said the names of the victims were being verified.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>One of the <\/strong><strong>survivors was the skipper of the motor banca F\/B King Bryan which departed from Cawayan Port in Masbate around 6 p.m. on June 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Mark Anthony Sollano, one of the engines was being repaired when it exploded around 7:40 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solano admitted to authorities that the boat was carrying six containers and three liquified petroleum gas tanks when the incident happened.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The fire engulfed the fishing vessel, seriously injuring crew members, and forcing others to jump into the sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>A tugboat, who happened to be near the area, immediately responded and helped put out the blaze and rescue the survivors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), it was possible that those who died were the ones who were repairing the engine when it exploded.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A FISHING vessel on Wednesday night exploded and caught fire in the sea of Naga City in Cebu leaving six people dead. Six others were<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6366,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions\/6366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}