At least 11 people have died and dozens have been injured after a blaze broke out onboard a ferry off Indonesia on Friday.

Over 400 passengers and crew had to be rescued from the water after the fire engulfed the vessel named in local media reports as Laut Teduh 2.



Many of those confirmed as dead are believed to have drowned after being forced overboard the ferry as it was gutted by flames overnight between Java and Sumatra.



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