At least 1 dead, 172 rescued from ferry fire near Bali, Indonesia
One Indonesian teenager was killed when the vessel caught fire in rough seas.
A ferry fire off the coast of Bali, Indonesia, resulted in at least one fatality and the rescue of 172 individuals, authorities reported. The Putri Yasmin ferry was en route from Padang Bai port on Bali to Lembar port on Lombok when the fire broke out in the Lombok Strait early Wednesday morning. The search and rescue office in Mataram received the emergency report almost half an hour after the initial incident and swiftly deployed personnel and rescue vessels.
According to the ship's manifest, the ferry was carrying 131 people, including 17 crew members, but this figure was later revised upwards. The National Search and Rescue Agency confirmed that 172 people were rescued from the burning vessel, including two Australian tourists, and the body of a 19-year-old Indonesian girl was recovered.
Two injured passengers were taken to a nearby hospital. Syamsurizal, head of the Lembar Port Authority, stated that rescue operations are ongoing and authorities are still accounting for all victims. This incident occurred less than two weeks after another Indonesian ferry, the Mutiara Sentosa 2, caught fire off the coast of Java, resulting in at least five deaths.
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