Five people have been killed and another 24 injured after a blaze hit an Indonesian ro-pax.

Indonesian authorities said they had rescued 192 people from the 12,400-gt Mutiara Sentosa I (built 1988) off Masalembu on Friday.

The fire started in the car deck, according to the country's national disaster mitigation agency BNPB.

It could not be contained, so the captain gave the order to abandon ship.