Three people died and more than 500 others were rescued after a ferry caught fire off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, emergency officials said Monday.

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

Social media videos captured chaotic scenes as a massive fire and thick black smoke consumed the ferry off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday

In a tragic incident, a large passenger ship named KM Barcelona VA caught fire near Talise Island in North Sulawesi Province in Indonesia on Sunday afternoon. Videos of the terrifying incident have gone viral on social media,