Greece Reports First Fatality After Blaze on Ferry, 10 Still Missing

Greece Reports First Fatality After Blaze on Ferry, 10 Still Missing
Smoke on the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia, which sailed from Greece to Italy early on Friday and caught fire, is seen from Himara, Albania, on Feb. 19, 2022. Florion Goga/Reuters
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CORFU, Greece—Firefighters battling for a third day a blaze on a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy recovered on Sunday the body of a passenger listed as missing, Greek authorities said.

It is the first reported fatality after rescuers managed to take at least 281 out of 292 passengers and crew to safety from a blaze which broke out on the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia early on Friday.