JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Crews were battling a fire and trying to rescue more survivors from a burning passenger ferry in rough seas Wednesday near the Indonesian tourist island of Bali.
Rescuers and passing vessels had managed to save 106 people and were battling to get the remaining 25 people off the burning vessel, authorities said.
“Our top priority is the safety of all passengers and crew members,” said Muhammad Hariyadi, who heads the Mataram Search and Rescue Office.
He said rough seas with waves reported as high as 4 meters (13 feet) complicated rescue efforts.
The fire started about 4:15 a.m. while the Putri Yasmin ferry was en route from Padang Bai port in Bali to Lembar port on the neighboring island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara province, according to the search office in Mataram, the provincial capital.
The agency received an emergency report almost half an hour later and immediately deployed personnel and rescue vessels.
Hariyadi said the rescue effort was supported by Indonesian navy ships, patrol boats and rescue vessels and a helicopter to make an aerial survey.
The ferry was carrying 114 passengers and 17 crew members, Hariyadi said, citing passenger manifest data released by the Padang Bai’s port authority. The ferry also loaded 44 vehicles and 53 motorcycles.
Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands where ferries are a common method of travel. Disasters occur regularly, with weak safety enforcement often blamed.
In this image made from video released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), the crew of a rescue ship look on as smoke billows from a passenger ferry that caught fire while traveling from the tourist island of Bali to neighboring island of Lombok, in the waters of Lombok Strait, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (BASARNAS via AP)
TORONTO (AP) — Ernie Clement drove in the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning, Brett Bateman had two RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Toronto’s George Springer walked to begin the sixth and went to third on Alejandro Kirk’s single before scoring on Clement’s fielder’s choice.
Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu hit solo homers, but the Red Sox lost their fourth straight. It’s Boston’s longest skid since losing four in a row from June 14-18.
Adley Rutschman went 1 for 3 and walked twice in his debut with the Red Sox. The three-time All-Star, picked up in a deal with Baltimore at the trade deadline, hadn’t played since July 18 with the Orioles because of left wrist inflammation.
Chase Lee (1-0) got five outs for his first big league win, and Spencer Miles earned his first career save.
Boston's Patrick Sandoval (1-1) allowed four runs, two earned, and eight hits in six innings.
Rafaela opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the third, but Toronto answered in the bottom half with Bateman’s RBI double.
Leadoff homers by Abreu in the fourth and Rafaela in the fifth put the Red Sox up 3-1. Abreu’s homer was his 21st. Rafaela’s was his 16th.
The Blue Jays took advantage of a Boston error to tie it in the fifth. After Myles Straw reached on third baseman Caleb Durbin’s miscue, Charles McAdoo hit a sacrifice fly and Bateman added an RBI single.
Straw made it a two-run lead with an RBI single off Seth Martinez in the eighth.
Toronto’s Dylan Cease allowed three runs and five hits, including both homers, in five innings. He walked four and struck out seven, boosting his total to an AL-leading 191.
Cease had allowed only two homers in his previous 10 starts, both against Tampa Bay on July 20.
Blue Jays RHP José Soriano (9-6, 3.24 ERA) is scheduled to start Wednesday against Red Sox LHP Ranger Suarez (4-3, 3.32).
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Boston Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu (52) rounds the bases after hitting a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during fourth inning MLB baseball action in Toronto, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela (3) can't make the catch as Toronto Blue Jays' Brett Bateman (21) hits an RBI double during third inning MLB baseball action in Toronto, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Red Sox's Wilyer Abreu (52) celebrates with his team after hitting a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during fourth inning MLB baseball action in Toronto, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays' Dylan Cease (84) pitches against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays' Myles Straw (3) hits an RBI double against the Boston Red Sox during eighth inning MLB baseball action in Toronto, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
