Five dead, 41 missing, after Indonesia ferry catches fire
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Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire while at sea, officials say.
The captain of the ship reported the fire - off Madura island - as the vessel sailed from the country's second-largest city, 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.
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Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire while at sea, officials say.
The captain of the ship reported the fire - off Madura island - as the vessel sailed from the country's second-largest city, 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.