Corfu

A passenger was on Sunday found alive on a ferry that has been ablaze off Greece for three days, coastguards said, with 11 truck drivers still missing.

Rescuers spotted the man on the stern of the stricken vessel as it was being towed to port.

Rescuers picked up the search for 12 missing people at the break of dawn on Feb. 18 after an Italian-flagged ferry caught fire on the Ionian Sea the previous day.

Overnight, patrol ships combed the area off Corfu island hoping to locate survivors, the Greek coastguard told AFP.

The rescue operation of the passengers of the Italian-flagged ferry, Euroferry Olympia, is underway, which - while sailing from Igoumenitsa (Greece) to Brindisi (Italy) - caught fire northeast of the island of Corfu.

There were 237 passengers and 51 crew member on board.

A fire broke out this morning on a ferry carrying 288 people on board, sailing from Greece to Italy, the Greek Coast Guard said, world news agencies and Greek media reported.

The ship "Euroferi Olympia" sailed from the Greek port of Igoumenitsa to the Italian city of Brindisi. The fire broke out off the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea.

Greek Kathimerini reports that the passengers have been evacuated and are already in lifeboats, and for now there is no information on whether anyone was injured.
The Coast Guard stated that there were 237 passengers and 51 crew members on board.

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