周二下午，一艘载有420名乘客和40名船员的客轮在驶近万丹省默拉克港时，船尾冒出浓烟，随后大火吞噬了整艘船只，数百人获救。
Hundreds of people have been rescued after a passenger ferry caught fire off Indonesia’s Java coast.
这艘名为KMP Batumandi的客轮在爪哇岛海岸附近起火。网上流传的画面显示，大火吞噬了渡轮，引发紧急疏散。救援队和当地渔船迅速赶往现场，所有乘客和船员安全撤离，消防员全力扑灭大火。起火原因仍在调查中。据新华社报道，乘客被送往港口进一步安置，11人被送往附近的西冷市一家医院接受治疗。默拉克是印尼最繁忙的渡轮航线之一，连接爪哇岛和苏门答腊岛。
The ferry, KMP Batumandi, was carrying 420 passengers and 40 crew members when smoke was spotted near the stern of the vessel as it approached the Port of Merak in Banten province on Tuesday afternoon. Vision of the incident circulating online shows large flames engulfing the ferry, triggering an emergency evacuation. Rescue teams and local fishing boats rushed to the scene, with all passengers and crew safely evacuated as fire crews battled to contain the blaze. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Passengers were taken to port for further assessment, while 11 people were taken to a local hospital in nearby Cilegon for medical treatment, according to Xinhua news. Merak is one of Indonesia’s busiest ferry routes and connects Java with Sumatra.
这一事件凸显了印尼持续面临的严峻海上安全记录。仅上个月，一艘从泗水驶往万鸦老的客轮在爪哇海沉没，造成243名船员乘客中80人死亡，55人仍下落不明。8月，一艘渡轮在马都拉岛附近起火，造成5人死亡、41名乘客失踪。7月，一艘载有65人的客轮在巴厘海峡沉没，造成19人死亡，17人仍被报告失踪。
The incident highlights the country’s continued struggle with a deadly maritime safety record. Only last month a passenger ferry sank in the Java sea while traveling from Surabaya to Banjarmasin, killing 80 of the 243 people on board, while 55 people remain missing. In August a ferry caught fire off Madura Island, killing five people and 41 passengers left missing. Again in July, a passenger ferry sank in the Bali Strait with 65 people on board, leaving 19 dead with 17 still reported as missing.