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Vessel catches fire off Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province as passengers jump for safety
SINGAPORE: Dramatic footage of passengers jumping into the sea after the vessel they on caught fire made the rounds on social media on Sunday (Jul 20), with Indonesian news outlet Detik reporting that the incident happened off an island in the country’s North Sulawesi province. “According to initial information, the fire is located (off of) Talise island,” Jerry Harmonsina, secretary of the North Sulawesi Regional Disaster Management Agency, told Detik. There has been no confirmation of the number of casualties, but Jerry told Detik that the fire broke out on the vessel on Sunday afternoon. Local media reported that the…
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