At least five people were killed and 17 others were injured after a boat caught fire along Angke river, North Jakarta on Sunday.
The ship was carrying about 100 people from the port of Muara Angke to Tidung, a resort island in the Kepulauan Seribu chain off Jakarta.
"A total of about 20 bodies, containing bodies which have been burned, have been removed from the ferry to a police hospital in Kramat Jati (of Jakarta)", acting head of Search and Rescue Office in Jakarta Hendra Sudirman said.
The passenger boat was ferrying around 200 people off the coast of Jakarta to Tidung island, a tourist destination 50 km from the capital when the fire started, local disaster agency official Seply Madreta told AFP.
The boat, Zahro Express, caught fire due to a short circuit on a power generator. There are often compalins regarding overloaded vessels and having too few life jackets on boat.
Source: 23 dead, 100 rescued after Indonesian boat fire
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