Over 170 passengers, including migrants, were rescued from a ferry sailing from the Italian island of Lampedusa to Sicily early Saturday (Sep 30) after a fire broke out, according to media reports citing officials.

Watch | Italian coast guard rescues over 170 people aboard burning ferry

The five dead bodies were recovered from a rubber dinghy

Mediterranean rescuers save 550 migrants at sea, recover five bodies

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Watch | Italian coast guard rescues over 170 people aboard burning ferry

Mediterranean rescuers save 550 migrants at sea, recover five bodies