Manado, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesian rescue teams are emptying people from a passenger boat caught fire It was said in the sea that more than 560 rescued and three died on Monday.
KM Barcelona 5 caught fire on his regular half -day journey from the Melonguane port of the Talud Islands in the same province on Sunday afternoon, which broke his regular half -day journey, according to Adam, according to Adam, according to the head of Frankie Pasuna Sihoming, Mando Navy Base.
A Coast Guard, six rescue ships and several inflatable boats were deployed in rescue operations, Sihoming said. The crew pulled many people from the sea and took them to the nearby islands, and local fishermen also saved some survivors wearing life jackets as they were flowing in the tadak water.
Pictures and videos circulated on social media featured nervous passengers who were mostly wearing life jackets, jumping into the sea to a shipballed ship in the form of orange flames and black smoke.
The search and rescue operation was ongoing, although there was still no immediate report of people. Officials had earlier stated that five people had died, but the national discovery and rescue agency amended it thrice on Monday after reporting two passengers, as the dead were rescued in a hospital, including a 2 -month -old child, with lungs filled with sea water.
The fire that started in Furry’s stern was extinguished within an hour, Sihoming said. Ferry’s Manifest initially registered only 280 passengers and 15 crew members, but the National Rescue Agency confirmed that 568 remaining people were rescued and three bodies, including a pregnant woman, were recovered.
It is common for the number of passengers on a boat or boat to appear in Indonesia. This discrepancy can contribute to accidents and complicate search and rescue efforts, Sihoming said.
The boat has a capacity of 600 people.
Indonesia is A island Out of more than 17,000 islands where a ghat is a common way of traveling. Disasters occur regularly, often blamed with weak security enforcement.
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Associated press writer Naikin Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia contributed to this report.
Grace Vakri, Associated Press