11 missing persons after fire on ro-ro ship

Eleven people are considered missing after a fire on a ro-ro ship Euroferry Olympia ed 290 people on board – informed Greek on Friday Coast Guard. On that day, at about 4:30 a.m. in the Ionian Sea (.30 a.m. in Poland) a fire broke out on a cruiser flying the Italian flag.

The incident occurred off the coast of the Greek island of Corfu, between Greece and Albania, on a cruise from the Greek port of Igumenitsa to Brindisi, Italy.

The ship owner reported that most of the passengers were Bulgarian, Romanian and Turkish.

According to Reuter, it has not yet been found that someone has been killed or seriously injured as a result of the incident, but the Greek services have reported that two people on board the ferry have been stuck in the space below the deck for the carriage of cars. We're on rescue. The cause of the fire is still being determined.

Source: PAP