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

The ship was carrying 271 passengers and crew members when the blaze broke out as it sailed eastwards from Java.Published On 2 Aug 20262 Aug 2026At 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 v...