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Indonesia: 60 dead, missing as ferry catches fire

At least 23 people were killed, 20 were wounded and 17 others went missing after a ferry with about 200 people aboard caught fire off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 1.
Indonesia: 60 dead, missing as ferry catches fire ảnh 1Rescuers transfer victims of the ferry accident.(Photo: EPA/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - At least 23 people were killed, 20 were wounded and 17 otherswent missing after a ferry with about 200 people aboard caught fire off thecoast of Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 1.

Officialsof search and rescue agency of Jakarta said that the accident happened when theZahro Express ferry was en route from the capital’s Muara Angke port to Tidung island,a travel destination 50km away from Jakarta.

Mostof the victims were found near the emergency door in the ferry’s front. Theferry has been towed to Muara Angke port. The cause of the accident is notclear.

TheIndonesian archipelago of more than 17,000 islands is heavily dependent on boattransport, but safety standards are lax and fatal accidents common.

InNovember 2016, at least 54 people died when a boat carrying 101 people, mostly migrantworkers, sank on its way from Malaysia to Batam, Indonesia.-VNA

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