The fire that gutted a passenger ferry in the Philippines, killing at least 35 people, spread so fast that one man didn’t have time to get a life jacket as others stepped on him in panic. ↧ Death toll in Philippines ferry fire rises to 35 as more bodies are... “It’s painful to think that your child was asking for help while she was burning alive,” Lira Daco said as she waited for word about her missing 20-year-old daughter, Cyriel.