Five dead, 41 missing after Indonesian ferry catches fire, authorities say
Search teams rescued 225 people as the cause of the blaze remained unclear and authorities continued looking for the missing.
- The ferry Mutiara Sentosa caught fire off Indonesia's Madura Island on Sunday morning, killing at least five people. The vessel carried 271 passengers and crew, with 225 rescued so far.
- Sailing from Surabaya in East Java to Makassar in South Sulawesi, the ferry caught fire while at sea. Madura Island is located off the northeastern coast of Java.
- Several videos and photos circulated on social media showing smoke rising from the vessel and passengers jumping into the water. India TV Digital could not independently verify the footage.
- Authorities report 41 people remain missing following the fire off Madura. A massive search and rescue operation is currently underway to locate those unaccounted for.
- Though the cause of the fire remains unclear, the incident occurred Sunday morning. Officials have not yet confirmed how the blaze started as the search for survivors continues.
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A fire broke out aboard a ferry connecting Surabaya, in the eastern Java province, and Makassar, in the southern Sulawesi province, and carrying 271 people. For the moment, five people...
"By 4 p.m. (11 a.m. in Poland), five bodies had been recovered, and 225 people had been rescued. (...) 41 people are still missing," Nanang Sigit, head of the Basarnas in Surabaya, said in a statement. The KMP Mutiara Sentosa 2 passenger and car ferry caught fire early Sunday morning. The captain reported the fire between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. local time (1 a.m. and 2 a.m. in Poland). The vessel was en route from Surabaya to Makassar in South Sulawe…
A fire broke out on an Indonesian ferry carrying hundreds of passengers across the border, resulting in five deaths and dozens missing.
A ferry caught fire off the Indonesian island of Madura: at least five people are dead and 41 are still missing. The boat carried 271 passengers and crew members, 225 of whom were rescued. Search and rescue operations are still underway. The ferry was traveling from Surabaya, in the province of Eastern Java, to the city of Makassar, South Sulawesi. It is not clear how the fire broke out.
Rescue teams are searching for 41 missing crew members at sea in East Java province.
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Five dead, 41 missing after Indonesian ferry catches fire
Five people are dead and 41 are missing after a ferry caught fire on Sunday in Indonesia. Multiple sources say a total of 225 people were rescued. Passengers were seen jumping into the sea and picked up by rescue boats. However, larger rescue ships could not approach the wreck due to a fire risk by the ferry. According to Reuters, the ferry was heading from East Java to South Sulawesi when it caught fire near Madura Island. The search operation …
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