Indonesia Ferry Fire Kills at Least 5; Search Continues for Missing Passengers

In the waters of Indonesia, a passenger ferry named the Mutiara Sentosa 2 caught fire, and the gap between its official passenger count and the true number aboard became, as it so often does, a gap between the living and the dead. At least five people perished, survivors have returned to port, and rescuers continue searching for those who have not. The disaster asks an old and recurring question: when the margin between safety and catastrophe is quietly erased for the sake of profit or convenience, who bears the cost — and who bears the responsibility.