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Ferry Fire Off Madura Island

5 articles from 3 outlets First seen: August 02, 2026
2 center · 1 unclassified · Earliest publisher-stamped report: BBC and Deutsche Welle

The Pure Report account · 3 sources · as of Aug 03, 12:45 UTC

Five people died and 41 are missing after a ferry caught fire off Madura Island, Indonesia. The ferry had at least 250 people on board. The cause of the blaze remains unclear.

What we know

  • Five dead
    receipt “Five dead and 41 missing after Indonesia ferry catches fire” — verbatim from BBC — World · article
  • 41 missing
    receipt “Five dead and 41 missing after Indonesia ferry catches fire” — verbatim from BBC — World · article

Framing spectrum · 3 outlets

BBC — World · 4/100 · Wire-neutral Deutsche Welle · 4/100 · Wire-neutral Al Jazeera English · 4/100 · Wire-neutral Al Jazeera English · 4/100 · Wire-neutral BBC — World · 4/100 · Wire-neutral
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Range 4–4 (Wire-neutral → Wire-neutral) Average 4/100 Lean: 0 left · 4 center · 0 right · 1 unclassified

Coverage patterns

Earliest report in our feed set (publisher timestamps): among the earliest were BBC and Deutsche Welle — stamps within 90 minutes.

Lean Outlets Articles Who
Center 2 4 Al Jazeera English, BBC
Unclassified 1 1 Deutsche Welle
Report-by-report timeline · 5

Coverage patterns reflect only the ~50 feeds Pure Report ingests — not the full media universe. Timestamps are publisher-reported. Lean labels are Pure Report's classification. Articles are grouped by automated clustering, and counts include syndicated wire copies.

Compare the coverage

BBC — World 4 Wire-neutral Ferry fire off Madura Island results in five fatalities and 41 missing Deutsche Welle 4 Wire-neutral Ferry fire near Madura, Indonesia results in at least 5 fatalities and 41 missing Al Jazeera English 4 Wire-neutral Ferry fire off Indonesia results in five deaths and 41 missing Al Jazeera English 4 Wire-neutral Ferry fire in Indonesia's Java Sea results in missing persons BBC — World 4 Wire-neutral Five confirmed dead and 41 missing after ferry fire in Indonesia