One woman died and more than 170 were rescued yesterday after a ferry caught fire off the Indonesian island of Bali, a rescue official said, in the second such incident in days. A navy vessel and other ships evacuated 172 people from the stricken passenger vessel, including two Australian tourists, Mataram Search and Rescue Office head Muhamad Hariyadi said. A 19-year-old Indonesian woman was declared dead, he said.
A woman is supported by a rescue team member upon arriving at the Port of Lembar in Lombok, Indonesia, yesterday.
At Lembar on Lombok’s west coast, one person was brought ashore in a body bag. The KM Putri Yasmin left Port of Padangbai in Bali for the Port of Lembar on Lombok in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, Hariyadi said.
Survivor Kiky Okta Pradika, 25, told reporters in Lembar he had grabbed a life jacket before jumping overboard with several other passengers.
Smoke billows from a passenger ferry after it caught fire while traveling from the island of Bali to neighboring island of Lombok in Indonesia yesterday.
