The BFP-Basilan investigating team says its initial findings show that the fire in the MV Lady Mary Joy 3 was 'electrical in nature,' and likely caused by a short circuit.
BASILAN, Philippines – The Bureau of Fire Protection on Monday, April 3, said faulty electrical wirings could have caused the March 29 fire that engulfed the ill-fated passenger ferry MV Lady Mary Joy 3 off an island in Basilan.
BFP-Basilan chief Senior Superintendent Kadil Acalul on Monday, April 3, announced the result of the investigation by BFP investigators from Manila who went to Basilan to check the ill-fated vessel now grounded at Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Mutamad town.
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