5 dead in Indonesia ferry fire, 41 missing

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An Indonesian ferry, the KMP Mutiara Sentosa 2, caught fire at sea on Sunday while traveling from Surabaya to Makassar. The incident resulted in five fatalities and 41 people missing, with some passengers jumping overboard into the sea. A total of 225 individuals were rescued, with some picked up by a nearby ship. Four other vessels were on standby but could not approach due to the risk of flammable materials. The ferry company was alerted by the captain about the fire, but contact has since been lost.

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A total of 225 people on the vessel were rescued.

statisticregional Surabaya Search and Rescue Agency

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An Indonesian ferry caught fire at sea on Sunday, killing five people and leaving another 41 missing.

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The captain had called the ferry company to report the fire as the vessel sailed from Surabaya in East Java to Makassar in South Sulawesi.

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Four other vessels were on standby near the ferry but could not approach because of the risk posed by flammable material on the ferry.

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

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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" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="176683" data-entity-type="organization">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 standby near the ferry but could not approach because of the risk posed by flammable material on the ferry, it said.The captain had called the ferry company to report the fire as the vessel sailed from Surabaya in East Java to Makassar in South Sulawesi, Basarnas said.The captain had not been in contact since then, it said.The fire-stricken passenger vessel KMP Mutiara Sentosa 2 off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday. Photo: Handout via EPA

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