00:02Indonesian rescuers continued searching on Monday for 28 people still missing after a ferry caught fire off Madura Island.
00:10The KM Mutiara Sentosa, carrying 271 people, was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Makassar in South Sulawesi when
00:19the fire broke out on Sunday.
00:21Arman Asmara Siarifuddin, Director of Marine and Air Affairs at the East Java Police, told Reuters that 238 people had
00:31been rescued while five were confirmed dead and 28 remain unaccounted for.
00:37Police, the National Search and Rescue Agency, and the Indonesian Navy have deployed seven boats and a helicopter to search
00:45for the missing.
00:45Rescue teams are focusing on an area stretching 10 miles east and west of the site where the fire broke
00:52out.
00:53Arman said the search operation is expected to continue for seven days, with the option of extending it by another
01:0014 days if necessary.
01:02All survivors were evacuated to Surabaya on Monday morning as anxious relatives continued waiting for news of their loved ones.
01:11Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Saturday at the end of the day,
01:26Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Saturday, Monday, Sunday.
01:52The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
02:11The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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