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Around 2,500 people have already been evacuated from Corfu, fire officials said, which is experiencing dozens of wildfires, after the blaze in Rhodes prompted “the biggest evacuation” in Greek ...
Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain
Greece faces seventh day of fires as temperatures surged to 46.6C in the south on Sunday
The fire broke out in the parking deck, probably in a truck. Euroferry Olympia was brought closer to the north Corfu coast to offer better protection from the wind. [4] The ship was later towed to Astakos to complete the fire-fighting and by 23 March the bodies of the eleven missing passengers had been recovered. [6] [7]
MS Norman Atlantic was a roll-on/roll-off passenger (ROPAX) ferry owned by the Italian ferry company Visemar di Navigazione. The ferry was chartered by ANEK Lines from December 2014. On 28 December 2014, she caught fire in the Strait of Otranto , in the Adriatic Sea .
The search and rescue effort by Greek authorities recovered 104 survivors and 82 bodies; it is estimated that 568 people are missing. 82+ 2018 Kiribati: MV Butiraoi – The overloaded ferry sank while traveling from Nonouti to Betio on 18 January. 81 of the 88 passengers perished. 81 2009 Bangladesh
BARI, Italy (AP) -- Fighting high winds and stormy seas, helicopter rescue crews on Monday evacuated hundreds of people trapped aboard a Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania. The death toll ...
The fire started on Mt. Penteli began burning down towards the suburbs. [18] More than sixty fire engines, nineteen planes and helicopters, and hundreds of firefighters as well as locals attempted to hold back the fire. [18] Melisia, Vrilisia, and Penteli city were affected in the blaze that was put out once winds calmed down. [18]