A rescue worker carries a child who survived a fire on the Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry in the waters off Madura island, East Java, on August 2, 2026, at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya early August 3, 2026. — AFP pic First Published: Tuesday, 04 Aug 2026 6:36 PM MYT SURABAYA, Aug 4 — All survivors of a passenger ferry that caught fire off Indonesia’s Java island over the weekend have been accounted for, an official said today, confirming five dead in the incident.The total number of passengers and crew recovered — dead or alive — matched the manifest of the ferry that left the port of Surabaya on Sunday, National Search and Rescue Agency head Mohammad Syafii told reporters, as the last rescue vessel returned carrying 62 people.The ferry was about six hours into its journey from Surabaya — Indonesia’s second-largest city — to Makassar on the neighbouring island of Sulawesi when it ran into trouble.Yesterday, survivors told reporters they had heard multiple blasts moments before a fire broke out, prompting those on board to jump into the sea.“From the information that we got, all the victims wore life jackets. So out of 238 victims who jumped into the sea, we were able to evacuate all of them,” said Mohammad, counting both survivors and fatalities.Throughout the search operation, numbers cited by officials of passengers who had boarded the ferry and of those missing had fluctuated wildly. Survivors of the Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry which caught fire in the waters off Madura island, East Java, on August 2, 2026, gather at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya early on August 3, 2026. — AFP pic Authorities have set up a hotline for people to report any missing passengers that may not have not been listed on the manifest, Mohammed said.Yesterday, he said rescuers could no longer see the ferry at the location it had caught fire.Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia — an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that rely heavily on boat connections — partly due to lax safety standards and unpredictable weather.A ferry transporting more than 70 people sank while sailing near Selayar, a small island south of Sulawesi, last month.Four bodies were recovered, but the search operation ended with 14 others still officially missing. — AFP