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Old 12-28-2014, 04:13 AM   #1
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Default Passenger Ferry from Greece to Italy on fire.

Another transportation disaster.

Greek officials say an international rescue effort is underway after a passenger ferry carrying 466 people caught fire off the island of Corfu. They said passengers were being evacuated amid bad weather conditions. There are reports that there weren't enough lifeboats and passengers jumped overboard into rough seas and cold water.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/passenger-ferry-evacuated-after-catching-fire-off-greece/ar-BBhhRFc?ocid=mailsignoutmd
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Old 12-29-2014, 06:52 AM   #2
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The death count has increased on the ferry disaster.

Turkish passenger Saadet Bayhan, speaking to Turkey's NTV television from a rescue ship, confirmed that there were no fire alarms and that passengers woke each other up.

Yikes!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/greek-ferry-fire-death-toll-climbs-to-5-1.2885153
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A canadian was on board the ferry. “Everyone was trying to figure out where to go. There was no crew, there was no help,” she said of the fire on Sunday. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/norman-atlantic-fire-woman-recounts-horrors-of-burning-ferry-escape-1.2886286

Pretty sad what happened there. More deaths in this tragedy and 2 Albanian workers died when trying to connect the cable to the ship.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/fear-of-stowaways-as-italian-ferry-death-toll-rises-to-13/article22244561/
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