Tourists rescued from boat fire

More than 100 people, including many foreign tourists, were rescued Wednesday from a tour boat that caught fire in the Andaman Sea off Thailand’s southwestern coast. Police Col. Sompong Thip- apakul said the accident occurred on the Ao Nang Princess 5 ferry travelling from Krabi to Phuket, two of Thailand’s most popular beach resort areas. He said a 12- year- old Western child was missing, but was thought to have been picked up by another boat that was going to Phuket. Most of the rescued passengers and crew, totalling about 110, were taken to Krabi, several kilometres from where the fire occurred.