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Deadly fire on ferry off Philippines leaves dozens of people missing

A fire on a passenger ferry off the western Philippines left dozens of people missing and killed at least five. An intense and widespread search was on for the unaccounted for.

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Deadly fire on ferry off Philippines leaves dozens of people missing
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Automated coverage analysis

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Source mix

1 independent editorial domain

What coverage breadth measures

All-time coverage

4 publications have covered this story since CurrentWire first saw it: CBS News, NBC News, ABC News, Global News.

Coverage

1 publication is covering this story.

How coverage developed

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How CurrentWire compiled this story

CBS News (www.cbsnews.com), a Tier B publisher, filed this report on . CurrentWire published this page 6 hours later, on .

Signal breakdown

CurrentWire ranked this story 34.8 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

Freshness
5.3 of 35
Source authority
14 of 20
Coverage breadth
4 of 20
Geographic relevance
3.5 of 10
Story prominence
8 of 10
Velocity
0 of 5

Strongest signal: story prominence, 8 of 10. How each signal is calculated.

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