"Ahmad Abdul Karim, a survivor, said the fire appeared to have started in a truck on the lower vehicle deck.
"Fanned by the wind, the flames spread extremely quickly," Karim said, "In less than 30 minutes, everyone had been instructed to move to the bow of the ferry."
Another passenger, Azhari, said many passengers had just woken up when the fire erupted, apparently from the rear of the ferry.
"The fire spread quickly to the middle of the vessel," Azhari, who goes by a single name, said in a television interview."
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