ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine Marines rescued nine Filipino boatmen, three of them injured, following an explosion while loading gasoline from a Malaysian tanker near the Sabah border.

Army Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr., chief of the Western Mindanao Command, said the Filipino boat ML Marissa caught fire and sank off Bulu-Bulu Island in Tawi-Tawi province.

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