Rescuers searched the Lombok Strait off Indonesia's Bali island on Thursday for five people missing after a ferry caught fire, killing one passenger and forcing dozens of others to jump overboard, officials said.
A total of 211 people were rescued and brought ashore by vessels that rushed to the scene on Wednesday, including a navy ship and another ferry nearby.
A 19-year-old Indonesian woman was found dead.
By Thursday, rescue efforts had shifted to searching for the five passengers still unaccounted for, the search and rescue office in Mataram on Lombok island said in a statement.
The ferry was travelling from Bali to Lombok when it ran into trouble in the early hours of Wednesday.
"In addition to direct searches, we have also instructed ships passing through the Lombok Strait to provide initial assistance or immediately inform the command post if they find any victims," the statement quoted search and rescue official Muhamad Hariyadi as saying.
Survivors recall chaotic evacuation
Survivor Kiky Okta Pradika, 25, told reporters in Lembar on Lombok on Wednesday that he grabbed a life jacket before jumping overboard with several other passengers.
"There were a few hours before there was any help," he said.
Another survivor, 45-year-old Sutrisna, recalled passengers panicking and scrambling for life jackets as lifeboats were lowered from the stricken ferry.
"The evacuation was difficult because the waves were big, and when the rescue ship came, the waves were even bigger than the ferry we were on," Sutrisna said.
Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that relies heavily on boat connections for daily transport and tourism.
Lax safety standards and unpredictable weather are among the main factors behind such disasters.
Five people died last week after another ferry caught fire off Java island.
Last month, a ferry carrying more than 70 people sank near Selayar, a small island south of Sulawesi. Four bodies were recovered before the search operation ended, with 14 people still officially missing.
