A passenger ferry carrying 271 people caught fire off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, but there were no immediate reports of casualties and evacuation efforts were ongoing, officials said.
The Mutiara Timur I was carrying 236 passengers and 35 crew members when it caught fire in the Bali Strait, about 1.5 kilometers from Karangasem beach.
“We are still focus on evacuation efforts,” Darmada said, adding that the cause of the fire was being investigated.
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