50 rescued off burning ferry in Langkawi


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.

The blaze on the Dragon Star ferry, which was carrying 52 passengers and six crew members, occurred 3km off Kuah.

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