Italian flag ferry caught fire, 1 passenger found, more missing
Italian flag ferry on fire– 20 Feb. WebsiteBBCReport on the progress of the fire on a crossing ship near Greece that Rescuers found one of the missing passengers. still alive following disappearing in a fire on a ferry or ferry The flag of Italy in the Ionian Sea near Greece. But 11 more are still missing and more than 270 have been rescued.
Euro Ferry Olympia headed for Italy on fire on Feb. 18 (AP)
The man was found near the stern and contacted rescuers. until the staff can help out Greek officials suspect that all the missing passengers may be truck drivers from Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Lithuania. which slept in the truck instead of sleeping in the crowded cabin with the other passengers.
Survivors leave a hotel on the Greek island of Corfu on Feb. 19 local time (AP).
The Euroferry Olympia, an Italian flag ferry, caught fire on its way to the Italian port of Brindisi in the early hours of Friday, Feb. 18. Firefighters struggle to extinguish a blaze in the middle of the hull. The ship carried 239 passengers and 51 crew, but later found Two Afghan passengers were not registered as passengers and were rescued. Officers take the survivors to a hotel on Corfu Island.
The driver and relatives of the missing have criticized the condition of the ferry. The ship’s operator said the 27-year-old vessel passed the last security check on Wednesday, Feb. 16.
“We saw death before us,” said truck driver Danilo Carluzzi.
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