More than 30 people die as fire breaks out on ferry in Philippines disaster

More than 30 people have died including a six-month-old baby after a fire broke out on a ferry carrying about 250 passengers and crew in the southern Philippines.

Many of those rescued had jumped off the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 in panic at the height of the fire on Wednesday night and were plucked from the sea by the coastguard, navy, another ferry and local fishermen off the southern island of Basilan.

But around 10 of the victims drowned, while another 18 people were found inside the burned-out…