A total of 434 passenger ferry KMP Lautan Teduh II, which burned in the Sunda Strait , Sumatra, Indonesia, successfully evacuated, but 19 people of whom died, largely because of plunging into the sea.
The damaged Indonesian Laut Teduh 2 ferry, which caught fire, is towed to Anyer beach in Banten province A total of 434 passenger ferry KMP Lautan Teduh II, which burned in the Sunda Strait , Sumatra, Indonesia, successfully evacuated, but 19 people of whom died, largely because of plunging into the sea. "The report we received from officers in the field, as many as 434 passengers has been successfully evacuated, 19 of whom died," said the Banten Police Chief Brigadier General (Pol) Agus Kusnadi when reviewing the evacuation of the burning ship around Pantai Anyer, Serang, Banten provinces, Indonesia, Friday (28/01/2011). A total of 12 victims who died in large part because they plunge into the sea because of the possibility of panic. Deaths and injuries were already taken to Krakatau Medika Hospital, two of whom have taken to Bakauheni, Lampung. According to Agus, Sea ferry Devotions 2 which burned in the Sunda Strait is carrying hundreds of passengers who want to cross into Bakauheni, Lampung, and carried about 93 units of various types of vehicles. The ship is expected to burn at about 3:59 pm after traveling about 45 minutes from the Port of Merak. "I got a report from PT Transportation River Lake Crossing (ASDP) Merak, the ship caught fire at around 3:59 pm," said Agus. Approximately nine ferry from PT ASDP Merak deployed to help evacuate tugboat helped five ships and boats from Polair Polda Banten Banten and the Navy Base. The burning ship finally pulled into a safer location for the evacuation process, namely to about Anyer beach in front of the Hotel Mandalika Anyer. Meanwhile, the observation at the scene, three units of firefighting vehicles from the city of Cilegon and Serang guard not far from the location of the burning Sea ferry Pacific 2, which is around Pantai Anyer, precisely in the dock Hotel Mandalika Anyer Serang. "We have done efforts to extinction, but difficulties due to high winds and the distance is too far away from the dock so that water does not arrive," said Nasrullah, a firefighting team Serang. According to him, blackouts are done from the ground using a vehicle fire brigade units difficult to reach the ship because it is too far from land and wind in the opposite direction to the point of extinction. Officers are still awaiting further instructions. Outages should be done using firefighting tugboat ship can approach the point of burning ships. Sea ferry shade 2, which burned a spectacle of thousands of citizens who come to Anyer and surrounding locations. Sementrara it, the ship continued to burn out black smoke rising into the air and occasionally fire exit from the ship several times accompanied by a loud explosion.
A survivor from the Laut Teduh ferry, which caught fire, is carried away during an evacuation at Merak habour in Banten province