firefighters battling to get the blaze under control in the ionian sea. the euroferry olympia was travelling a routine nine hourjourney from igoumenitsa in greece to brindisi in italy when the fire broke out early on friday. in the dark, passengers were woken and told to get into life rafts, but some passengers are still missing. their relatives face an agonising wait for information. translation: i spoke to another driver that was also in the hold in the cars. i asked him if he had news of my father. he said they had seen him, but, after they took us out of the ship, the passengers gathered together and we were looking for your father but could not find him anywhere. and not only him but three others as well. some relatives have criticised the conditions on board for lorry drivers. translation: he was afraid of coronavirus. l he had health issues and, because he was afraid of catching the virus due to the overcrowding,
were evacuated from the euroferry 0lympia after a blaze broke out on friday. firefighters still battling to get the blaze under control in the ionian sea. the euro ferry 0lympia was travelling every teen nine hourjourney from greece to italy when the fire broke out early on friday. in the dark, passengers were woken and told to get into a life raft. but some passengers are still missing their relatives face an agonising wait for information. i spoke to another driver that was also in the hold in the cars. i asked him if he had news of my father. he said they had seen him but after they took us out of the ship the passengers gathered together and we were looking for your father but could not find him anywhere. and not only him, but three others as well.
the euroferry olympia was travelling a routine nine hourjourney from igoumenitsa in greece to brindisi in italy when the fire broke out early on friday. in the dark, passengers were woken and told to get into life rafts, but some passengers are still missing. their relatives face an agonising wait for information. translation: i spoke to another driver that was also in the hold in the cars. i asked him if he had news of my father. he said they had seen him, but, after they took us out of the ship, the passengers gathered together and we were looking for your father but could not find him anywhere. and not only him but three others as well. some relatives have criticised the conditions on board for lorry drivers. translation: he was afraid of coronavirus. l he had health issues and, because he was afraid of catching the virus due to the overcrowding, he often preferred to sleep in the truck. especially if it was not a long trip. tugs are trying to tow the ferry
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the first body has been found on a ferry that caught fire near greece on friday. another ten people are unaccounted for. all the missing people are thought to be lorry drivers from bulgaria, greece, turkey and lithuania. 280 passengers and crew were evacuated from the euroferry 0lympia after a fire broke out on friday. firefighters battling to get the blaze under control in the ionian sea. the euroferry 0lympia was travelling a routine nine hourjourney from igoumenitsa in greece to brindisi in italy, when the fire broke out early on friday. in the dark, passengers were woken and told to get into life rafts, but some passengers are still missing. their relatives face an agonising wait for information. translation: i spoke to another driver that was also in the hold in the cars. i asked him if he had news of my father. he said they had seen him, but after they took us out of the ship,