At least five people were killed and 41 others remain missing after a massive blaze engulfed a ferry off an Indonesian island Sunday.

The Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry carrying 271 people was traveling from the city of Surabaya in East Java to Makassar in South Sulawesi when a fire broke out sometime between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m.., according to Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency.

The ferry operator, PT Atosim Lampung Pelayaran, reported the terrifying inferno near the northern tip of Madura island to local search and rescue officials about an hour later.

Harrowing footage captured huge plumes of thick black smoke quickly rising from the ferry as terrified passengers in life jackets swarmed the vessel’s upper decks as they desperately awaited rescuers.

Some passengers dove into the water to avoid the orange flames which had engulfed the 525-foot ship.

A tugboat and another passing vessel moved in and began evacuating passengers shortly before 10 a.m.

By Sunday afternoon, nearby vessels had rescued a whopping 225 passengers and crew members — and also recovered the five bodies. It’s unclear whether the dead were passengers or crew members.

At least 41 people remain missing, and search and rescue teams dispatched a vessel from Surabaya and the Indonesian Navy also deployed a warship to assist with the rescue mission to find the 41 people lost at sea.

The ferry is typically used by domestic travelers and for cargo transport between the islands of Java and Sulawesi.

Lax safety enforcement in Indonesia — an archipelago of 17 islands — is often blamed for frequent disasters.

At least five people were killed just weeks ago after a KM Barcelona V-A ferry caught fire while hauling 575 passengers from Melonguane to Manado.

The cause of Sunday’s fire is not immediately clear.

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