Indonesian ferry fire kills five, including pregnant woman; 280+ rescued

Five people killed including a pregnant woman; over 280 rescued from burning ferry in waters off North Sulawesi.

On a Sunday afternoon in the waters off North Sulawesi, a passenger ferry traveling between Indonesian islands became a vessel of grief when fire consumed its engine room and spread across the hull, sending hundreds of people leaping into the sea. Five lives were lost — among them a pregnant woman — even as a coordinated rescue effort pulled more than 280 survivors from the water. The disaster is not an isolated rupture but part of a recurring pattern in an archipelago nation where ferries are lifelines and maritime safety remains an unfulfilled promise. Indonesia's geography makes these cross

Indonesian ferry fire kills five, including pregnant woman; 280+ rescued

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