Seven of those rescued came from England, four from the United States, two from France, one from Portugal and one from the Netherlands.
A motorboat caught fire while carrying 15 foreign tourists near Padar Island, one of the main islands of Indonesia’s Komodo National Park on Tuesday morning.
Tourists from five countries and the boat’s crew were rescued by a passing boat.
Seven of those rescued came from England, four from the United States, two from France, one from Portugal and one from the Netherlands.
The Alba Cruise boat serves as an inter-islands recreational boat to transport passengers around the Komodo region from Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores.
The wreckage of the boat was taken to a nearby island while an investigation into the cause of the fire gets underway.