12 missing in the fire of an Italian ferry that has been on fire for 24 hours in Greece
The rescue teams have been able to rescue alive this morning one of the twelve missing from the ferry that burned on Friday in the waters of the Ionian Sea, near the Greek island of Corfu.
The man, who according to the first information is Lithuanian, had taken refuge in the stern and was able to
descend from the ship on his own foot
, according to the images shown by the media.
The 21-year-old, who said he was from Belarus, was found safe and sound in the back of the boat, the source said.
"Tell me I'm alive!" he shouted to the rescuers, according to Afp of the
Proto Thema
newspaper .
Rescuers hope that the passenger rescued on Sunday morning
can provide information on the other missing persons
, who may be trapped on the ferry, which was still smoking.
The Minister of the Merchant Marine, Yiannis Plakiotakis, pointed out that the fact of having been able to find one person alive
gives hope for the remaining eleven missing
persons .
The ship of the Italian company Grimaldi,
Euroferry Olympia,
bound for Brindisi (Italy), burst into flames at dawn on Friday, two hours after leaving the Greek port of Igoumenitsa, with 292 people (including two stowaways who were not listed in passenger lists) and including 51 crew members, registered on board.
So far,
278 people have been rescued
, along with two Afghan migrants, raising fears that more may be missing, as migrants are often smuggled on ferries from Greece to Italy.
The tugboats managed to bring the ship closer to the coast, about 10 km north of Corfu, according to state television ERT.
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