At least three people died in a ferry crash on a lake in Tanzania

At least three people were killed in the crash of a ferry on Lake Nyasa (Malawi) in the territorial waters of Tanzania. It's from sb.by.

According to TASS with reference to the newspaper The Tanzania Times, the Commissioner of police of the Tanzanian district of Ruvuma Peresi Majiri noted that the Mozambique-registered ship MV Chambo caught fire and exploded, and then sank. According to preliminary data, of the 44 people on board, 40 were rescued, three died, the fate of another is unknown.

Search and rescue operations are continuing at the scene.

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