68 people on board Batam-bound ferry safe after fire breaks out in engine room
SINGAPORE – All 68 people on board a Singapore-registered ferry bound for Batam are safe, after a fire broke out in the vessel’s engine room on Friday afternoon.
The authority, along with the Singapore Civil Defence Force and Police Coast Guard, deployed its own boats to render assistance, with the MPA also activating a tug boat to tow the ferry. While the crew had remained on board, the 62 passengers, consisting of Singaporeans, Malaysians and Indonesians, as well as people of other nationalities, had already been transferred to another vessel – the Merbau Era – which was on its way to Harbourfront Ferry Terminal.
To accommodate the affected passengers, MPA deployed officers to Harbourfront Ferry Terminal in case anyone required assistance.
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