A blaze on an Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead and dozens missing
8 news sources are covering this World story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
🌍 Cross-language spread
PULSE detected this story across 2 language editions of the world's news.
Detected by matching proper nouns and figures that survive translation. Times reflect when each edition's coverage was first indexed.
Velocity
How fast coverage is spreading — measured hourly from article rate × source diversity. How this works →
The brief
"A blaze on an Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead and dozens missing" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 10 articles from 8 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Reuters, AP News, yahoo.com and U.S. News & World Report. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
This brief was generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.
Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 42d ago.
Quick answers
Why is "A blaze on an Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead and dozens missi" trending?
Because 8 independent news sources published 10 articles about it in a short window — a coverage burst PULSE classifies as a trend.
How does PULSE measure this trend?
PULSE scores velocity from the rate of new articles weighted by source diversity, snapshotted hourly. The full method is public on our methodology page.
Is this trend still active?
The status badge on this page updates hourly: rising, peaking, cooling, or archived once coverage stops for 48 hours.
Coverage (10)
- Indonesia completes ferry fire rescue operation, five dead, agency says Reuters · 45d ago
- Unknown number of people are missing after an Indonesian ferry fire killed 5 AP News · 45d ago
- Indonesia completes ferry fire rescue operation, five dead, agency says yahoo.com · 45d ago
- Indonesia Completes Ferry Fire Rescue Operation, Five Dead, Agency Says U.S. News & World Report · 45d ago
- At least 5 dead, dozens missing after ferry carrying 271 people catches fire WKRC · 45d ago
- At least 5 dead, 41 missing after Indonesian ferry catches fire New York Post · 45d ago
- Unknown number of people are missing after an Indonesian ferry fire killed 5 ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · 45d ago
- Rescuers Search for 28 Missing After Ferry Catches Fire in Indonesia's Madura Island U.S. News & World Report · 45d ago
- Number of people missing unknown after Indonesian ferry fire that killed 5, rescuers say News4JAX · 45d ago
- A blaze on an Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead and dozens missing AP News · 45d ago
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