Italy, Greek Rescue Teams Struggle to Evacuate Ferry
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Italian and Greek rescue teams, battling high winds and rough seas, struggled to evacuate passengers aboard a ferry that caught fire off the Greek island of Corfu early today.
The Italian Navy and Coast Guard were coordinating the operation in the strait between Italy and Albania. The blaze broke out about 4 a.m. aboard the Italian-flagged ferry Norman Atlantic, Greek Shipping Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said in a statement on the ministry’s website. It was traveling from the Greek port of Patras to Ancona, Italy, with 422 passengers and 56 crew members on board.