Indonesian ferry blaze toll rises to 20 as probe begins
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The death toll in Indonesia's latest ferry disaster rose to 20 as the navy continued a massive search for about 120 people still missing and a probe was launched into the tragedy.
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Indonesian transport safety officials have launched an inquiry into the crash of a passenger plane in central Java which has killed more than 30 people and injured at least 60 others.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz yesterday wrapped up a visit to Indonesia, where officials along the obliterated Sumatran coast reported finding 5,000 more bodies, raising the death toll in one of the world's worst natural disasters to more than 162,000.
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The death toll from Sunday&#39;s quake-tsunami devastation rocketed to more than 120,000 on Thursday as workers uncovered more bodies from Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island.
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Inquiries begin in Chile after a fire in a historic port kills at least three people and a hotel fire leaves 10 tourists dead.
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Sixteen people died and at least as many were missing after a fire broke out on an Indonesian ferry off Jakarta Bay on Thursday, with some desperate passengers hurling themselves off the blazing vessel into the sea.
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Indonesia's capital faced more misery on Monday from floods that officials estimate have killed at least 20 people and displaced 340,000, as swollen rivers and canals spilled muddy water onto the city streets.
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Indonesian naval ships on Friday scoured the Java Sea for survivors of a ferry that caught fire, killing at least 16 people and forcing terrified passengers to jump overboard, some clutching young babies.
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An Indonesian ferry that caught fire last week packed with hundreds of people has been towed to Jakarta's main port as the navy searches for victims and survivors in the area where flames engulfed the ship.
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The toll from an earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra island last week has risen to 21 dead and 88 injured, while more than 13,000 homes were destroyed or damaged, officials said on Saturday.
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European tour operators including Thomas Cook AG cancelled trips and began bringing customers home after an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra killed more than 20,000 people in the region.
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At least 21 people are killed in a fire in a slum in the Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong, police say.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 7 -- An Indonesian jetliner carrying 140 people burst into flames as it landed on Java island Wednesday, trapping a number of people inside the burning plane, the airline and witnesses said.
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Twenty people were killed and many others injured in a suspected Tamil Tiger bomb attack on a crowded bus in southwest Sri Lanka, officials said.
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A series of after shocks rocked Indonesia Friday raising the death toll from the original powerful quake to at least 16, Sky News reported.
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At least one person is dead and 20 homes destroyed by brushfires that swept through Victoria.
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At least six people died after a fire on an Indonesian ferry off Jakarta Bay on Thursday, although the fire was now out and more than 200 people on board were being evacuated, a navy official said.