LUCENA CITY — A person died after a boat caught fire Sunday while anchored at the port of Batangas City.
The Philippine Coast Guard-District Southern Tagalog (PCG-DST) said in a report that the marine vessel, Motor Tanker Sea Horse, caught fire at around 9 a.m. while it was docked at the anchorage area in Barangay (village) Wawa.
“There was one recorded fatality, and an investigation is still being done to identify the corpse,” the PCG-DST said in a post on its Facebook page. The report did not provide further information on the fatality.
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The PCG personnel, local firefighters, and three tugboats with firefighting capabilities helped put off the blaze.
Authorities declared a fire out at around 11:08 a.m.
The report did not specify the cargo of the vessel.
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But it said the Marine Environmental Protection Group Batangas coordinated with Petron Company “for a standby oil spill boom in preparation for possible oil spill response.”
Authorities are still conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the fire. — Luisa Cabato, INQUIRER.net