Le ferry reliait Surabaya, deuxième ville du pays, située dans la province de Java oriental, à Makassar, dans la province de Sulawesi du Sud, et transportait 271 personnes.

Search and rescue is working to rescue people from the water after the ferry carrying 250 people caught fire.

An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people has caught fire in waters off Madura island, killing at least five people and leaving 41 others unaccounted for, authorities said.