Scores saved from blazing tourist ferry

More than 100 people, including many foreign tourists, were rescued on Wednesday from a tour boat that caught fire in the Andaman Sea off Thailand's southwestern coast.

Police Colonel Sompong Thip-apakul said the accident occurred on the Ao Nang Princess 5 ferry traveling from Krabi to Phuket, two of Thailand's most popular beach resort areas.

He said a 12-year-old Western child was missing but was thought to have been picked up by another boat that was going to Phuket.