Rescuers evacuate more than 200 from a ferry fire that left at least 1 dead near Bali
Rescuers evacuated 172 people and recovered one body as rough seas complicated the operation, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the Putri Yasmin Ferry caught fire in the Lombok Strait while traveling from Bali to Lembar. Authorities confirmed all passengers were successfully evacuated with no immediate casualties reported.
- Mataram Search and Rescue Office head Muhammad Hariyadi deployed over 200 personnel to manage the emergency. Rescue operations faced complications from rough seas with waves reaching 4 meters in height.
- Official Heri Wiyanto at Padangbai port verified the manifest listed 114 passengers and 17 crew members, alongside 44 vehicles and 53 motorcycles on board the vessel.
- Nearby vessels assisted evacuation efforts, with one ferry transporting 30 passengers to Bali while a naval ship picked up 17 others. A rescue vessel carried 59 survivors to Lembar port.
- This incident marks the second major ferry fire in Indonesia this month, following a fatal fire off Java island last week. Marine accidents remain recurring in a nation reliant on ferry transport.
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Rescue operations continue in Lombok Strait after a ferry has caught fire, causing the death of a passenger and the disappearance of five others.
A total of 211 people were rescued and brought to shore by other vessels that rushed to the scene of the incident on Wednesday.
Jakarta, Aug 13 (EFE).- The Indonesian authorities are looking for five people missing on Thursday after a passenger ship departing from the tourist island of Bali caught fire on the eve of the Lombok Strait, which resulted in the death of a young Indonesian woman and the rescue of two hundred people. The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) "enlarged" this Thursday "the search area "to locate the five missing, while the authorities mana…
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