Five dead, 41 missing, after Indonesia ferry catches fire
The vessel with 271 people on board caught fire off Madura island.
Five individuals have perished and 41 remain unaccounted for subsequent to an Indonesian ferry, with 271 people on board, igniting at sea, according to official reports.
The vessel's captain reported the blaze, which occurred off Madura island, as the ferry journeyed from Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city in East Java, to Makassar in South Sulawesi, as stated by Basarnas, the National Search and Rescue Agency.
Footage broadcast by the Indonesian news outlet iNews depicts numerous individuals wearing life jackets on what appears to be a lifeboat. Additional clips show people descending from the ferry, which is engulfed in flames and emitting plumes of smoke from its upper section.
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