Three people have died after a ferry caught fire off the coast of Indonesia over the weekend while over 500 were rescued, according to officials.

Social media videos show terrified passengers jumping into sea as flames and black smoke billow from burning vessel.

Multiple deaths and hundreds of people rescued as a ferry boat bursts into flames while transporting passengers in Indonesia.

A ferry named Gregorius Barcelona V burst into flames off North Sulawesi, Indonesia, forcing terrified passengers to jump into the sea. Parents clutched children while thick black smoke engulfed the vessel.

The KM Barcelona 5 passenger ferry was carrying hundreds of people when it caught fire at sea, and chilling footage from one survivor shows the moment people tried to escape

A MASSIVE inferno has erupted on a packed ferry forcing passengers to jump overboard – with dozens feared trapped. Flames engulfed the KM Barcelona VA vessel on Sunday, forcing many of the