Five people have died and dozens more are missing from an Indonesian passenger ship which caught alight after leaving Java. Five people have died and dozens more are missing from an Indonesian passenger ship which caught alight after leaving Java. Credit: APAn Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire in waters off the main island of Java on Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing as rescuers and passing vessels evacuated hundreds from the burning ship. Camera Icon Smoke billows from passenger ship Mutiara Santosa 2 after it caught fire in the waters off Madura Island. Credit: APSearch and rescue teams dispatched a rescue vessel from Surabaya, although officials estimated it would take about six hours to reach the scene.