JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities rescued 172 people on Wednesday after a ferry travelling from the tourist island of Bali caught fire in waters off Lombok, officials said,as the search continued for any other missing passengers. The KM Putri Yasmin ferry left Padangbai port in Bali for Lembar port in Lombok in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, said Muhammad Hariyadi, the head of the local rescue agency. The incident took place in the Lombok Strait at 4:39 a.m. on Wednesday (2039 GMT Tuesday), Hariyadi told Reuters.

A woman, rescued from the KM Putri Yasmin, a ferry with around 130 people on board traveling from the Indonesian tourist island of Bali that caught fire in waters off Lombok, lies…

Crews are battling a fire and trying to rescue more survivors from a burning passenger ferry in rough seas near the Indonesian tourist island of Bali.

Crews rescued 106 people after a passenger ferry caught fire in rough seas off Indonesia's Bali island on Wednesday, with rescuers continuing efforts to evacuate those still…