Ship With 237 Passengers On Board Catches Fire In Ionian Sea Near Greek Coast

***The 237 passengers and 51 crew members managed to leave it in time

An Italian cruise ship with 237 passengers and more than 50 crew members on board has caught fire near the Greek coast in the Ionian Sea, media reported.

According to the Agence France-Presse news agency, the Euroferry #Olympia ship was heading from the Greek city of Igoumenitsa for Italy's Brindisi when the blaze erupted.

Three patrol ships and three tug boats of the coast guard are heading for the vessel in distress.
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*Hundreds of people were rescued from a ferry that caught fire between Greece and Italy in the early hours of Friday, the Greek coastguard said.
At least three coast guard vessels and one Italian financial police vessel were involved in the rescue operation.

**Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications.
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Φωτιά σε πλοίο κοντά στην Κέρκυρα :
(https://www.elethos.gr/2022/02/ship-with-237-passengers-on-board.html)
***Ολοσχερώς καίγεται το επιβατηγό-οχηματαγωγό πλοίο Euroferry Olympia του ομίλου Grimaldi, αλλά οι 237 επιβάτες και τα 51 άτομα πλήρωμα κατάφεραν να το εγκαταλείψουν εγκαίρως.
Πληροφορίες για αγνοούμενους μετά από τη φωτιά που ξέσπασε τα ξημερώματα στο πλοίο Euroferry Olympia ανοιχτά της Ηγουμενίτσας μεταδίδει ο τηλεοπτικός σταθμός ΣΚΑΪ, επικαλούμενος ανώτερη πηγή του Λιμενικού. Σύμφωνα με την πηγή αυτή, 10 άτομα που ήταν στη λίστα των επιβατών δεν έχουν εντοπιστεί.
***The Grimaldi group Euroferry Olympia passenger-vehicle ferry was completely burnt, but the 237 passengers and 51 crew members managed to leave it in time.
Information about missing persons after the fire that broke out in the early hours of the morning on the Euroferry Olympia ship off Igoumenitsa is broadcast by the SKAI TV station, citing a senior source of the #GreekNavy. According to this source, 10 people who were on the passenger list have not been identified.
#Mayday #EuroferryOlympia