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Do?a Paz Ship Fire
Tablas Strait, Philippines

December 21, 1987

The Do?a Paz was en route from Tacloban City, Philippines on the island of Leyte, to Manila, on December 21, 1987 when, while it was in the Tablas Strait, it collided with the small oil tanker, Vector, which was carrying 8,800 barrels of petroleum products. The contents ignited and caused a fire that rapidly spread onto the Do?a Paz. Of the 13 crew members aboard the Vector, 2 survived. The Do?a Paz sank within minutes and the death toll on the ferry is officially at 1,565, although some reports claim that the ferry was overcrowded and that the true death toll is over 4,000. The 21 survivors from the ferry had to swim underwater to escape the flames, as no lifeboats had a chance to be launched.

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