Indonesian ferry fire: Scores killed and injured in Thousand Islands

By Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa
Updated January 2 2017 - 6:08am, first published 5:29am
The Zahro Express ablaze at sea about 20 minutes after leaving port in Jakarta on New Year's Day.  Photo:  Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management/Twitter
The Zahro Express ablaze at sea about 20 minutes after leaving port in Jakarta on New Year's Day. Photo: Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management/Twitter
The charred boat, Zahro Express, after it was returned to port in Jakarta on New Year's Day. Photo:  Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management/Twitter
The charred boat, Zahro Express, after it was returned to port in Jakarta on New Year's Day. Photo: Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management/Twitter
People at Muara Angke Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, inspect charred personal belongings of passengers on a ferry that caught fire. Photo: AP/Dita Alangkara
People at Muara Angke Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, inspect charred personal belongings of passengers on a ferry that caught fire. Photo: AP/Dita Alangkara
Rescuers search for victims from the wreckage of a ferry that caught fire off the coast of Jakarta. Photo: AP/Rhana Ananda
Rescuers search for victims from the wreckage of a ferry that caught fire off the coast of Jakarta. Photo: AP/Rhana Ananda

Jakarta: Twenty-three people have been killed and at least 17 have been injured after a fire on board a ferry on the way to one of Indonesia's Thousand Islands, a popular tourist getaway for Jakartans, on New Year's Day.

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