23 dead after ferry catches fire near Jakarta

January 01, 2017 02:32 pm | Updated 02:32 pm IST - JAKARTA

Police and rescue workers search a boat for victims at Muara Angke port in Jakarta on Sunday.

Police and rescue workers search a boat for victims at Muara Angke port in Jakarta on Sunday.

An Indonesian official says at least 23 people were killed after a ferry caught fire near the capital Jakarta.

The vessel was carrying about 100 people from Jakarta’a port of Muara Angke to Tidung, a resort island in the Kepulauan Seribu chain located off Jakarta, when it caught fire on Sunday.

Seply Madreto, an official from the local Disaster Mitigation Agency, told MetroTV that more than 10 injured victims were rushed to hospitals.

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