At least five dead, 41 missing after ferry catches fire off Indonesia

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A ferry, the Mutiara Sentosa 2, caught fire off Indonesia's Madura Island on Sunday morning while traveling from Surabaya to Makassar. The vessel was carrying 271 passengers and crew members when the blaze erupted between 6am and 7am local time. At least five people have died, and 41 remain missing. The ferry operator alerted rescuers about an hour after the fire began, and contact with the ship was subsequently lost. Footage showed thick smoke billowing from the ferry as passengers awaited rescue, with some seen jumping into the sea. A tugboat and another vessel later began evacuating passengers from the burning ferry.

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Contact with the ferry was lost after the operator alerted rescuers about an hour after the fire broke out.

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The fire broke out between 6am and 7am local time on Sunday while the ferry was travelling from Surabaya to Makassar.

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The ferry, Mutiara Sentosa 2, was carrying 271 passengers and crew members when the blaze broke out.

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At least five people have been killed and 41 are missing after a ferry caught fire off Indonesia’s Madura Island.

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Footage showed thick black smoke billowing from the ferry as passengers awaited rescue, with some jumping into the sea.

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The ship was carrying 271 passengers and crew members when the blaze broke out as it sailed eastwards from Java.At least five people have been killed and 41 are missing after a ferry caught fire off Indonesia’s Madura Island, the country’s search and rescue agency ⁠said.The vessel, the Mutiara Sentosa 2, caught fire between 6am and 7am local time on Sunday (23:00 and 00:00 GMT), while travelling from Surabaya in East Java province to Makassar in South Sulawesi. Madura Island lies off the northeastern coast of Java.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Indigenous groups oppose Milei plan to open Argentina to foreign buyerslist 2 of 4Israel’s influence industry in the USlist 3 of 4The Board of Peace is a failed body and should be abandonedlist 4 of 4Spanish Ceuta witnesses a deadly ‘game’ for Moroccan migrantsend of listIndonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said 271 people were on board when the fire broke out – 232 passengers and 39 crew members.According to Basarnas, the ferry operator, PT Atosim Lampung Pelayaran, alerted rescuers about an hour after the fire broke out, after receiving a report from the captain that the vessel was ablaze near the northern tip of Madura Island. Contact with the ferry was later lost.Authorities later determined the ferry’s location, about 19 nautical miles (35km) north of Buruan Sapudi Island, after establishing communication with a nearby cargo vessel. The ship, however, was unable to approach the burning ferry because it was carrying flammable cargo.Footage released by Basarnas of the incident showed thick black smoke billowing from the ferry as passengers wearing life jackets gathered on deck awaiting rescue. Videos circulating on social media also appeared to show frightened passengers clustered on the upper decks, with some jumping into the sea as flames spread across the vessel.The ferry was later reported to be almost engulfed in flames as a tugboat and another passing vessel moved in to begin evacuating passengers.

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