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Five people are dead and 41 are missing after the Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry caught fire off Madura Island, Indonesia, with 271 people on board. About 225 passengers and crew were rescued by Sunday afternoon as rescue boats, a navy vessel and a nearby ship aided the operation; rough seas and a flammable cargo hindered closer access, and the cause of the blaze remained unknown as authorities continued searching for the missing.
Rescue teams on Halmahera Island recovered the bodies of three hikers killed by Mount Dukono’s eruption, with authorities from BASARNAS and the geological agency documenting ongoing volcanic activity.
A helicopter flying over palm oil plantations on Indonesia’s Borneo island crashed, killing all eight people aboard; rescuers from BASARNAS inspected the wreckage in Sekadau, West Kalimantan, as authorities investigated the cause.
Rescuers have recovered all 10 people aboard the Indonesia Air Transport turboprop that disappeared after losing contact on Jan. 17, with the final bodies found around Mount Bulusaraung in the Maros region of South Sulawesi by Jan. 23, bringing closure to the incident.