Samui ferry fire, Thailand

Mikhail VoytenkoNews, Thailand
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Ferry RAJA 3 suffered fire with a lot of smoke in the evening Oct 3 during her scheduled sailing from Koh Samui island to Koh Phanang island, Thailand world famous resorts until “new normal” era, with some 30 passengers, 14 cars and a number of motorbikes on board. Soon after decks were filled with smoke causing some panic, ferry docked at Koh Phanang, all passengers were evacuated, all are safe. Fire meanwhile, was quickly extinguished with the Koh Phanang Municipal fire engine assistance. A vent somewhere in cargo deck area suffered a shortcut and caught small fire but with a lot of smoke.
Passenger ro-ro ship RAJA 3, IMO 6920472, GT 986, built 1969, flag Thailand, operator Raja Ferry LTD.

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My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.