The MV Mercraft 2 caught hearth simply earlier than reaching the port of Actual in Quezon province, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the capital Manila.
It had left Polilio Island at 5 a.m. native time and made a misery name at 6:30 a.m.
5 ladies and two males had died, whereas 120 passengers had been rescued, with 23 of them handled for accidents, the coast guard stated in an announcement.
Footage shared by the coast guard confirmed individuals in life vests floating at sea awaiting rescue, whereas some had been taken to security by a cargo ship within the space.
Fireplace and thick smoke engulfed the two-floor passenger vessel.
Vessels are sometimes outdated and overcrowded.
In 1987, round 5,000 individuals died on the planet’s worst peacetime delivery catastrophe, when the overloaded passenger ferry Dona Paz collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro island south of the capital, Manila.
