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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Scores of passengers and crew have been rescued from a fire that engulfed an Italy-bound ferry with 290 people on board near the Greek island of Corfu, authorities said Friday.
Greece faces seventh day of fires as temperatures surged to 46.6C in the south on Sunday
Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain
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. At the time of the fire there were an estimated 475 people on board the ship including 417 passengers, 55 crew and at least three illegal immigrants. [1]
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]
Caught fire near Diapontia Islands, northwest of Corfu while en route from Igoumenitsa, Greece to Brindisi, Italy. 11 people died. [29] 22 July 2022 MV Holiday Island: A fire broke out in the engine room just before the ferry entered Wood Islands. Over 200 people were evacuated by lifeboats and local fishermen. No casualties were reported. [30]
A video of Corfu wildfires shows a line of wildfire burning in Corfu, turning the night sky orange. Major wildfire on the island of #Corfu on Sunday. #Greece ’s Coast Guard evacuated 59 people ...
The Corfu Channel Incident refers to three separate incidents involving Royal Navy ships in the Straits of Corfu which took place in 1946, and it is considered an early episode of the Cold War. [3] [4] [5] During the first incident, Royal Navy ships came under fire from Albanian fortifications. [4]