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Boat catches fire;16 rescued

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July 25, 2007 | 12:00am

LAMITAN, BASILAN – At least 16 people were rescued when their vessel caught fire off Borneo, near the Philippine border in Tawi-Tawi yesterday, a Navy official said.

Rear Admiral Emilio Marayag, Naval Forces Western Mindanao chief, said the vessel, M/V Katrina, caught fire while on its way to Bongao from Jolo and drifted 11 miles east of Hog Point off Borneo, which is 24 miles northwest of Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi, at dawn yesterday.

Marayag said the 16 passengers were rescued by, two foreign vessels.        – Roel Pareño, Edu Punay

BONGAO

EDU PUNAY

HOG POINT

JOLO

NAVAL FORCES WESTERN MINDANAO

REAR ADMIRAL EMILIO MARAYAG

ROEL PARE

TAWI-TAWI

V KATRINA
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