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Passenger ship burned in Indonesia, 4 killed

A passenger ship was burned after collision with a tugboat in a river at South Kalimantan of Indonesia on Monday, killing four people as evacuation of hundreds of passengers is underway, rescuers said.

Marina Nusantara ship sailing from Surabaya city the capital of East Java toward Barjarmasin city of South Kalimantan collided with a tugboat in Barito river of Banjarmasin city, head of Search and Rescue Office in South Kalimantan Rusliansyah told Xinhua by phone. "Four people were killed," another rescuer at the scene Andi Zainudin told Xinhua by phone.