All 26 crew members of KM Prima Sentosa were evacuated after an engine-room fire off Bengkulu province.
A fire broke out aboard the cargo ship KM Prima Sentosa off Indonesia’s western coast on the evening of October 16. The vessel was sailing from Muara Jawa in East Kalimantan to Nagan Raya in Aceh province, with 26 people on board. Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency said the fire started in the engine room.
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