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The coast guard said 278 passengers and crew had to be evacuated from a ferry in northwestern Greece that caught fire overnight on Friday, while heading to southern Italy. Twelve people of the 291 who were on the Italy-bound Euroferry Olympia that caught fire near the Greek island of Corfu are reported missing, as efforts to douse the flame continued into the second day, hampered by gale-force winds
Updated: 20 Feb 2022 2:44 pm
A ferry is on fire at the Ionian Sea near the island of Corfu, Greece.
A vessel approaches a burning ferry in northwestern Greece.
Firefighters hoses down the burning Euroferry Olympia with 291 people on board near the Greek island of Corfu. .
Smoke rises in the sky as Italy-flagged Euroferry Olympia burns for second day in the Ionian Sea. Rescue teams in Greece are searching for 12 people believed to be missing from a ferry that caught fire in the Ionian Sea while en route to Italy.
Smoke rises from the Italy-flagged Euroferry Olympia as it burns for a second day at the Ionian Sea, as it seen from an Albanian southwestern coast.
Firefighters try to extinguish the flames engulfing a burning ferry in northwestern Greece.
Firefighting vessels extinguish a fire on Italy-flagged Euroferry Olympia as it burns for a second day at the Ionian Sea, off the port of Corfu island, northwestern Greece.
Firefighting vessels extinguish a fire on Italy-flagged Euroferry Olympia as it burns for a second day at the Ionian Sea, off the port of Corfu island, northwestern Greece.
Passengers from the Italian-flagged ferry Euroferry Olympia, which is on fire for a second day, leave a hotel, in Corfu, Greece.
Turkish rescuees from Italian-flagged ferry Euroferry Olympia, which is on fire for a second day, wave as they embark on a ferry from Corfu island, Greece, on their way to Turkey. Rescue teams in Greece searched a burning ferry Saturday for 12 people believed to be missing after it caught fire in the Ionian Sea while en route to Italy, while passengers described a frightening evacuation from the ship.
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