INDONESIA-EAST JAVA-VESSEL-FIRE
(260803) — EAST JAVA, Aug. 3, 2026 (Xinhua) — This photo taken with a mobile phone shows rescued passengers arriving in Surabaya after the vessel Mutiara Santosa 2 caught fire in East Java province, Indonesia, Aug. 3, 2026. Five people were killed and 41 others remained missing after the Mutiara Santosa 2 caught fire in the Java Sea north of Madura Island in Indonesia’s East Java province, the National Search and Rescue Agency said Sunday.
A total of 225 people had been evacuated, the agency said.
The vessel, operating on the Surabaya-Makassar route, was carrying 271 people, including 232 passengers and 39 crew members. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)
Source – Indonesia News
