The fishermen additionally contributed to evacuating the victims of the close by islands, whereas the injured had been delivered to the closest well being facility, added Bakamla.
The accident occurred about an hour away from town of Likupang, within the northern tip of Sulawesi, informed AFP, head of the Manado’s analysis and rescue company, George Leo Merccy Randang.
A video launched by the Manado company confirmed a Bakamla ship that sprayed water on the ferry, which was nonetheless emitting a skinny black smoke.
“What is vital is that we’re giving precedence to the rescue earlier than falling on the night time,” stated George AFP, with out confirming the full quantity of people that had been aboard the ferry.
Neither he nor Bakamla gave a trigger for the hearth.
The ship’s fireplace movies turned viral on Tiktok, with among the passengers who skipped on board for security.
Thick black smoke had been seen within the background whereas the passengers floated within the water. In one other clip revealed on Tiktok by the consumer Soalunsrat, the passengers on the ship had been seen in a rush the rescue jackets even when others had been seen in panic and tried to make calls on their cell telephones.
