Miltiadis Varvitsiotis

Greece's Supreme Court today ordered a probe into the cause of the deadly blaze on the Norman Atlantic ferry which was carrying nearly 400 people from Greece to Italy.

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.

Air crews began lifting passengers off a burning ferry adrift in the Adriatic Sea today, racing to rescue as many of the hundreds trapped on board as possible before nightfall as storms hampered seaborne operations.

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.

Greece's Supreme Court today ordered a probe into the cause of the deadly blaze on the Norman Atlantic ferry which was carrying nearly 400 people from Greece to Italy.

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.

Air crews began lifting passengers off a burning ferry adrift in the Adriatic Sea today, racing to rescue as many of the hundreds trapped on board as possible before nightfall as storms hampered seaborne operations.

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.