Greek Ferry Fire

Rescuers searching for missing passengers aboard a ferry ablaze off the Greek island of Corfu for three days, on Sunday recovered the body of a trucker from his charred vehicle, the first confirmed fatality.

A fire broke out Friday on an Italian-flagged cruise ship sailing through the Mediterranean's Ionian Sea with 237 passengers and 51 crew on board, according to Greek port police.

The Italian prosecutor investigating a deadly fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry on Thursday indicated that at least 27 people had likely perished in the disaster.

Four more maritime officials were put under formal investigation today as a charred ferry was towed into the Italian port of Brindisi and authorities prepared to search it for possible more dead.

The Italian prosecutor investigating the Norman Atlantic ferry disaster said today that he assumed more bodies would be found on the ship.

Ten passengers dead, dozen unaccounted for and no-one able to say with any certainty how many people were on board the Norman Atlantic when it burst into flames.

Two Albanian seamen who took part in the rescue operation for the Norman Atlantic ferry have died from injuries incurred in an accident, the Italian navy said today.

Rescue teams evacuated more than 400 people from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece's Adriatic coast in a 36-hour operation on roiling seas, but 10 people were killed in the disaster.

The death toll in the Greek ferry fire has risen to eight and rescue workers are investigating if more people are still missing, Italian authorities said today.

Hundreds of people were evacuated and two more bodies recovered today from the Greek ferry fire, bringing the total death toll to seven, the Italian coast guard said.

The evacuation of the Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania has been completed, and only the vessel's captain and four Italian sailors remain on board to assist in the operation, Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said today.

Five people were confirmed to have died in car ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece and rescue teams were working to save another 22 still stranded on board more than 24 hours after the blaze started.

A fire erupted on a ferry carrying 478 people from Greece to Italy today, leaving one person dead and trapping hundreds on top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered evacuation.

Desperate passengers pleaded via mobile phone to be saved from a burning ferry off the Greek island of Corfu today as rescuers battled gale-force winds to get to them.

A rescue operation is under way in high winds in Greek waters for an Italian ferry carrying 466 people that has caught fire, Greek officials said early on Sunday.

Rescuers searching for missing passengers aboard a ferry ablaze off the Greek island of Corfu for three days, on Sunday recovered the body of a trucker from his charred vehicle, the first confirmed fatality.

A fire broke out Friday on an Italian-flagged cruise ship sailing through the Mediterranean's Ionian Sea with 237 passengers and 51 crew on board, according to Greek port police.

The Italian prosecutor investigating a deadly fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry on Thursday indicated that at least 27 people had likely perished in the disaster.

Four more maritime officials were put under formal investigation today as a charred ferry was towed into the Italian port of Brindisi and authorities prepared to search it for possible more dead.

The Italian prosecutor investigating the Norman Atlantic ferry disaster said today that he assumed more bodies would be found on the ship.

Ten passengers dead, dozen unaccounted for and no-one able to say with any certainty how many people were on board the Norman Atlantic when it burst into flames.

Two Albanian seamen who took part in the rescue operation for the Norman Atlantic ferry have died from injuries incurred in an accident, the Italian navy said today.

Rescue teams evacuated more than 400 people from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece's Adriatic coast in a 36-hour operation on roiling seas, but 10 people were killed in the disaster.

The death toll in the Greek ferry fire has risen to eight and rescue workers are investigating if more people are still missing, Italian authorities said today.

Hundreds of people were evacuated and two more bodies recovered today from the Greek ferry fire, bringing the total death toll to seven, the Italian coast guard said.

The evacuation of the Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania has been completed, and only the vessel's captain and four Italian sailors remain on board to assist in the operation, Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said today.

Five people were confirmed to have died in car ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece and rescue teams were working to save another 22 still stranded on board more than 24 hours after the blaze started.

A fire erupted on a ferry carrying 478 people from Greece to Italy today, leaving one person dead and trapping hundreds on top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered evacuation.

Desperate passengers pleaded via mobile phone to be saved from a burning ferry off the Greek island of Corfu today as rescuers battled gale-force winds to get to them.

A rescue operation is under way in high winds in Greek waters for an Italian ferry carrying 466 people that has caught fire, Greek officials said early on Sunday.