Truck drivers jump into sea to escape ferry fire in Indonesia

Three logistics truck drivers narrowly escaped a fire aboard the KM Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry by leaping into the sea. The vessel, en route from Surabaya to Makassar, caught fire early Sunday morning in the waters north of Sumenep, Madura.

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But Alhamdulillah, by the afternoon we had news that they were safe. If my drivers, there were only three of them, two package vehicles. Carrying large logistics.

Dedi Mardiansyah, a representative for the logistics company, recounted the harrowing experience of his three drivers who were trapped on the burning ship. He received news of the fire at 7 a.m. while at the airport and spent the day in anxious uncertainty about his drivers' fate.

Relief came in the late afternoon when he learned all three had survived. The drivers recounted the terrifying moments they had to jump from the KM Mutiara Sentosa 2 to an evacuation ship. The evacuation vessel could not get close to the burning ferry due to rough seas and high waves, forcing passengers to jump into the water.

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Yes, they jumped. Because the position of the evacuation ship was very far. The evacuation ship couldn't get close because of the weather too, the waves too. So they had to jump, all passengers jumped towards the evacuation ship.

Fortunately, the drivers were wearing life jackets, ensuring their safe transfer to the evacuation ship. The KM Mutiara Sentosa 2 was carrying approximately 250 passengers when the fire broke out.

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Yes, everyone was safe. Everyone had life jackets.