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Five dead, 41 missing after vessel catches fire in Indonesia's Java Sea

Updated On: 02 August, 2026 08:36 PM IST | Jakarta | IANS

The vessel departed from Surabaya, East Java, for Makassar on Sulawesi Island on Sunday morning, according to the Surabaya Search and Rescue Office. The National Search and Rescue Agency said the operation was temporarily closed after a 10-day search yielded no new leads, despite all designated search areas being thoroughly covered

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Rescue teams evacuate passengers after the Mutiara Santosa 2 caught fire in Indonesia's Java Sea, leaving five dead and dozens missing. Pic/PTI

Rescue teams evacuate passengers after the Mutiara Santosa 2 caught fire in Indonesia's Java Sea, leaving five dead and dozens missing. Pic/PTI

Five people were killed, and 41 others remained missing after the Mutiara Santosa 2 caught fire in the Java Sea north of Madura Island in Indonesia's East Java province, the National Search and Rescue Agency said Sunday. 

A total of 225 people had been evacuated, the agency said.

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