At least five people were killed and 86 remain missing for after a fire erupted aboard a ferry near a tourist hotspot in the Philippine province of Palawan, the coastguard said on Thursday.The blaze broke out on the MV June Aster on Wednesday evening about 2.2km (1.3 miles) offshore, the coastguard said, adding that five casualties had been brought ashore.Video shared by the coastguard on social media showed the vessel completely engulfed in flames.Hundreds of people, desperate for news about the incident, have left comments on the Coron town mayor’s social media page, searching for relatives, friends and even a dog.“Based on the data we have right now on rescued [42] and the casualties, we still have 87 people who are unaccounted for,” coastguard Captain Noemi Cayabyab told a local radio station on Thursday, adding the ship’s manifest had listed 134 passengers and crew.Of those rescued, 38 were passengers and four were crew, Cayabyab said.People stand aboard the fire-hit ferry. Photo: Philippine coastguard via Reuters