Five dead, 41 missing, after Indonesia ferry catches fire

The vessel with 271 people on board caught fire off Madura island.

At least five dead, 41 missing after ferry catches fire off Indonesia

The ship was carrying 271 passengers and crew members when the blaze broke out as it sailed eastwards from Java.

Indonesia: At least 5 dead in ferry fire

Search and rescue officials report some 41 missing after a fire on a ferry near the Indonesia island of Madura. The cause of the blaze remains unclear.

5 dead in Indonesia ferry fire, 41 missing

An Indonesian ferry caught fire at sea on Sunday, killing five people and leaving another 41 missing after some jumped overboard, search and rescue officials said. A total of 225 people on the vessel were rescued, said the regional Surabaya Search and Rescue Agency, which provided the latest figures in an afternoon update. Some passengers jumped into the sea and were picked up by a nearby ship, according to Basarnas, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency. Four other vessels were on...

By Agence France-Presse

A blaze on an Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead and dozens missing

5 dead, 41 missing after ferry catches fire off Indonesia's Madura Island

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By Prisha Patnaik

Scramble for life as ferry carrying 271 catches fire off Indonesia, 5 dead

Five dead, 41 missing in Indonesia ferry fire

The captain reported the fire as the vessel sailed from Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city in East Java, to Makassar in South Sulawesi.

Five dead, 41 missing in Indonesia ferry fire

Indonesia has had a second ferry accident in two months after a passenger vessel on the Makassar city in South Sulawesi caught fire on Sunday, killing five.

Five dead, 41 missing after ferry catches fire near island in Indonesia

Search and rescue is working to rescue people from the water after the ferry carrying 250 people caught fire.

Five dead and 41 missing after Indonesian ferry catches fire

Some passengers jumped into the sea and were picked up by a nearby ship.

PCG seeks public’s help in finding 80 year-old ferry passenger

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has appealed to the public for information that could help locate an 80-year-old passenger who went missing after boarding a ferry from Batangas City to Calapan City last week. In an advisory issued on Sunday (Aug. 2), the Coast Guard Station Batangas identified the missing

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Five dead, 41 missing, after Indonesia ferry catches fire

Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry carrying at least 250 people caught fire while at sea, officials say.

By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo