All people on board a burning ferry were miraculously safe Friday, including many passengers who jumped into the sea to escape the large fire that engulfed the vessel in the Gulf of Thailand, officials said.
A night ferry transporting over 100 passengers from one province to another in Thailand went up in flames forcing many panicked passengers to jump into the sea but swift action from the authorities meant that all 108 passengers were safe.
The overnight The Ko Jaroen 2 ferry from Surat Thani province was about to arrive at Koh Tao, a popular tourist destination off the Thai coast, before it went up in smoke at around 6.30am local time.
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