Hopes Dim Of Finding Survivors In Greece Ferry Fire
Sumaira FH Published February 22, 2022 | 05:30 PM
Corfu, Greece, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Feb, 2022 ) :Smoke billowed on Tuesday from a ferry that caught fire off the Greek coast, as coastguards prepared to tow the vessel into port and hopes dwindled of finding more survivors after five days of searching.
At least one person was killed and three passengers are in hospital after fire ripped through Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia on Friday.
Most of the passengers aboard the ship, north of the island of Corfu, were quickly evacuated but the fire has continued for days and 10 truck drivers remain missing.
The ferry is to be towed to "a safe port" in western Greece "to continue the operations with maximum security", the coastguard said.
"The search and rescue possibilities on Euroferry Olympia in its current position have been exhausted," it added.
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