The M/V June Aster caught fire off the coast of the Philippines, killing five and leaving 87 missing.

The M/V June Aster, with 134 people on board, caught fire off the coast of the Philippines.

Five people died, more than 40 were rescued, and 87 are considered missing.

MOSCOW, September 10 - RIA Novosti. The ship caught fire off the coast of the Philippines, five people were killed and 87 were missing, AFP reported, citing the local coast guard.

"At least five people have died and 87 are missing after a ferry caught fire near a tourist spot in the Philippine province of Palawan," the agency said in a statement published on the website of the Straits Times newspaper.