Over 50 passengers rescued after Langkawi ferry goes up in flames


  • Nation
  • Monday, 25 Feb 2019

LANGKAWI: More than 50 passengers of a Kuala Perlis-bound ferry were rescued when the vessel caught fire minutes after it departed from the Kuah Terminal here Monday (Feb 25).

The blaze at the Dragon Star ferry, carrying 52 people, occurred three kilometres off Kuah.

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