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Fire horror: Four passengers drowned and three are still missing when a ferry, the Seagull Express, with 106 people on board caught fire and sank while on the way to Pulau Tioman.

The ferry that caught fire while heading for Pulau Tioman on Saturday, leading to the death of four passengers, did not have a valid ship licence and passenger certificate. 

A Marine Department spokesman said the licence for the Seagull Express had expired on March 16 last year, while its passenger certificate had an expiry date of March 18, 2005.  

ALOR STAR: A 13-year-old boy lost three fingers when the firecrackers which he had strung together exploded before he could light them. 

Mohd Faizal Ibrahim had disregarded his father’s warning not to play with firecrackers and picked them up from the roadside.  

He was fixing the firecrackers inside his house in Kampung Pong Manis in Kuala Nerang at about 7.30am on the first day of Hari Raya when the firecrackers exploded in his left hand.