Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire while at sea. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing BBC News.
The captain of the ship reported the fire off Madura island as the vessel sailed from Surabaya in East Java to Makassar in South Sulawesi, according to Basarnas, the National Search and Rescue Agency.
Footage played by local Indonesian news outlet iNews shows large numbers of people in life jackets on what appears to be a lifeboat. Other clips show people climbing down from the ferry that has flames and plumes of smoke coming from the top of the vessel.
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