The ship left Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, on Saturday for the Brazilian city of Tabatinga on the border of Colombia and Peru. It was the second fire in a passenger boat in the Amazonas in three days.

At least three people, including a one-year-old baby, have died, 16 others have been injured and nine are missing after a boat capsized in northern Brazil's Amazon River. The boat, “M. Monteiro”, was carrying more than 200 passengers when it caught fire after an explosion near the municipality of Urini in Amazonas state on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. Fortunately, 183 people survived the harrowing ordeal, as confirmed by a police spokesman and an official statement from the navy. was able to

The ship left Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, on Saturday for the Brazilian city of Tabatinga on the border of Colombia and Peru. It was the second fire in a passenger boat in the Amazonas in three days.

On Saturday, the boat “Commandante Souza III” capsized after a fire, killing four people and leaving five missing.