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Indonesian ferry fire: 5 dead and 41 missing
Published : Sunday, 2 August, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Observer Online Report
At least five people have died and 41 are still missing after an Indonesian ferry caught fire at the sea on Sunday, according to Basarnas, an Indonesian National Search Rescue Agency.
As reported by Euro News, when the ferry caught fire, some passengers were seen jumping to another nearby ship and were rescued.
Meanwhile, 225 passengers were rescued from the ship as well as four other boats that were standby near the ferry. However, they could not get close as there were flammable material on the ferry, said by the regional Surabaya Search and Rescue Agency.
The ferry company had received a call from the ship's captain to report the fire as it sailed from Surabaya in East Java to Makassar in South Sulawesi.
However, Basarnas said the captain had not been in contact after that, adding that a larger rescue operation was on its way from Surabaya, a six-hour journey from the site of the disaster.
A senior official at the Ministry of Transportation, Muhammad Masyhud, said in a statement, "Based on preliminary reports from the field, passengers are waiting to be evacuated by the vessels in the vicinity of the incident site."
He added, "the safety of passengers and crew is our top priority. We are continuously coordinating with all relevant parties to ensure that the evacuation process can proceed quickly, safely, and effectively".
Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, experiences marine accidents frequently, in some parts due to a lack of following of the safety standards and unpredictable weather.
Last month at least four people died and 14 remained missing until search and rescue operations concluded after a ferry transporting more than 70 people sank while sailing near the small tropical island of Selayar south of the much larger Sulawesi.
-SA
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