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        "msgid": "kmp-batumandi-fire-suspected-to-have-started-at-the-stern-1792504265",
        "date": "2026-10-20 19:35:43",
        "title": "KMP Batumandi Fire Suspected to Have Started at the Stern",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "A fire aboard the KMP Batumandi is believed to have started on the upper deck at the stern, where small vehicles are carried. All passengers and crew were evacuated without any fatalities, while rescue teams continued to extinguish the remaining flames and authorities worked to verify passenger numbers and investigate the cause.",
        "content": "<p>PT ASDP Corporate Secretary Windy Andale said the fire aboard the KMP\nBatumandi was suspected to have started at the stern at around 4.15pm\nlocal time, on the upper deck used to carry small vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was provisionally suspected to have been a spark from the\nstern area. However, we are still investigating this, and will\ncoordinate with Basarnas and the police while monitoring the cause of\nthe fire,\u201d Windy said in a live interview with CNN Indonesia TV on\nTuesday evening (20 October).<\/p>\n<p>Windy confirmed that all passengers and crew had been evacuated.\nEfforts to contain the fire were still under way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur priority is evacuating passengers and dealing with the situation\nat the scene. We were informed that by around 5pm, the passengers and\ncrew had been evacuated,\u201d Windy said.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the KMP Batumandi\u2019s passenger manifest, Windy said the\ncompany was still waiting for information from personnel at the\nscene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are currently rechecking the passenger data. We are also\ncoordinating with all stakeholders and everyone at the scene to handle\nthe victims,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, we can say that all passengers and crew have been evacuated\nand there have been no fatalities,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Windy said it was not yet clear whether services at Merak Port would\nbe disrupted, as the company was still coordinating its response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot yet confirm any service disruption because we are\ncontinuing to coordinate. Teams at the scene are still working,\nincluding on assistance for those affected,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The joint search and rescue team was focused on extinguishing the\nremaining flames on the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>Rizky Dwianto, head of operations and readiness at the Banten\nBasarnas sub-section, likewise said all passengers had been evacuated,\naccording to information received by officers at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe latest information we have received on the KMP Batumandi vessel\naccident is that all passengers have been successfully evacuated,\u201d Rizky\nsaid in Cilegon on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the evacuation was carried out in stages with the\nhelp of various vessels, including patrol boats, fishing boats, rubber\nboats and a Basarnas Banten rigid inflatable boat (RIB). The passengers\nwere then taken to and gathered at Executive Pier 6 at Merak Port.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were still recording the number of passengers and\nchecking it against the ship\u2019s manifest. Basarnas Banten was\ncoordinating with several relevant parties to verify the figures.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kmp-batumandi-fire-suspected-to-have-started-at-the-stern-1792504265",
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