00:01At least five people have died and 41 are still missing after an Indonesian ferry caught fire at sea on
00:08Sunday.
00:10225 people out of the 271 passengers on board were rescued,
00:15while some passengers jumped overboard to escape the fire and were rescued by a nearby ship.
00:21The captain of the ship reported the fire of Madura Island
00:24as the vessel sailed from the country's second largest city, Surabaya in East Java,
00:30to Makassar in South Sulawesi, according to search and rescue officials.
00:35Indonesia frequently experiences marine accidents.
00:39Last month, at least four people died after a ferry sank near the small island of Celaya.
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