Jakarta: Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry with 271 people on board caught fire while at sea on Sunday, search and rescue officials said. The captain reported the fire as the vessel sailed from Indonesia’s second-largest city, Surabaya in East Java, to Makassar in South Sulawesi, according to Basarnas, the National Search and Rescue Agency.

At least five people have died and 41 remain missing after a ferry caught fire off Indonesia's Madura Island. Search and rescue teams are continuing operations as authorities…

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