The people who were on board an Italian-flagged ferry traveling between the Greek port of Igoumenitsa and Brindisi on which a fire broke out in the night, about 9 miles from the coast, are all safe, and no one was injured. .
The alarm on Grimaldi Lines' Euroferry Olympia went off at the northern part of Corfu and the captain ordered the passengers to abandon the ship. Coast Guard patrol boats and tugs intervened on the spot, while the company's crisis unit put in place all the procedures to ensure the rapid development of operations.
The 288 people on board (including 51 crew members) were rescued. The origin of the stake to be clarified.
(Unioneonline / ss)