After the fire on a Mediterranean ferry a missing passenger has been found alive. As the Greek Coast Guard informed the AFP news agency on Sunday, the man was discovered in the area of the rear of the ferry. He communicated with the rescue workers. No further information was initially given about the passenger. The Greek coast guard had recently assumed that at least twelve people were missing as a result of the accident.
Corfu. According to information from the coast guard on Saturday, these were seven truck drivers from Bulgaria, three from Greece and one each from Turkey and Lithuania. The fire on the ferry “Euroferry Olympia” broke out on Friday at around 4:30 a.m. (local time, 3:30 a.m. CET) when the ship was just off the coast of the Greek holiday island Corfu found.
The ship was on its way from Igoumenitsa in northwest Greece to the southern Italian port of Brindisi. After the fire broke out, everyone on board was asked to leave the ship immediately. Within a short time it was up ferry completely on fire.
run out of fuel
Experts from the Italian Coast Guard are sounding the alarm about the fuel leaking from the car ferry. Environment Minister Roberto Cingolani is following developments in constant contact with the Italian Coast Guard, which is monitoring the situation on board the ferry in cooperation with the Greek authorities, according to Rome. The Ministry of the Environment in Rome has already made available to the Greek authorities a ship belonging to the Italian anti-pollution service, the “Ievoli white”, which is currently based in Bari. A ship belonging to the Italian Coast Guard “Diciotti”, equipped with anti-pollution devices, has already arrived in the area of the accident. There is a team of experts on board.
Source: Nachrichten
