Search continues for one still missing after Indonesian ferry fire


This handout photo taken on May 29, 2021 and released by National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows smoke billowing from the KM Karya Indah ferry sailing in the Molucca sea heading for Sanana, a port on the island of Limafatola, when a fire broke out with 275 people on board, all have been rescued but one is still reported missing. - AFP

JAKARTA, May 30 (Reuters): Search and rescue teams are looking for a person still missing after hundreds were rescued from a passenger ferry that caught fire in Indonesia's Molucca Sea, local officials said on Sunday.

Passenger ferry KM Karya Indah was travelling in a remote part of the Indonesian archipelago, from Ternate in the province of North Maluku towards Sanana on the island of Sulabes, when the fire broke out early on Saturday morning.

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