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Added on the 18/02/2022 10:44:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Around 300 people were onboard the ship when the blaze broke out.
Images filmed in the early hours of Friday show flames burning on the Euroferry Olympia ferry off Greece, after a fire broke out on the Italian-flagged ferry sailing through the Ionian Sea, injuring three people among the nearly 300 people on board. IMAGES
UGC footage shows smoke and flames billowing from the starboard side of the MSC Lirica cruise ship docked off the coast of Corfu. No passengers were on board the ship and no injuries have been reported.
An attempt to free the ship on Wednesday failed. Further help is not expected to arrive until Friday evening.
The 21-year-old, one of several lorry drivers unaccounted for, was rescued on Sunday morning as the ship continued to give off smoke 48 hours after fire broke out.View on euronews
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