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ROME, December 28 – RIA Novosti, Natalia Shmakova. The evacuation of passengers from the burning of the Ionian Sea passenger ferry Norman Atlantic will continue throughout the night, said Defense Minister Robert Pinotti of Italy.
“The operation to transplant the passengers from the burning vessel will continue throughout the night,” – wrote Defense Minister in his microblog on Twitter.
There Pinotti said that he spoke by phone with his Albanian counterpart, which is sent to the burning ship and ferry port authorities warned the country to ensure that they were ready to assist .
According to the publication La Stampa, in the direction of Norman Atlantic ferry from the Italian port of Brindisi left the ship Navy Italy San Giorgio.
The fire started on the ferry early in the morning. The ship is 22 miles from the Italian coast and 44 from the Greek island of Kerkyra (Corfu).
The list of passengers Norman Atlantic have the names of two Russians, two Ukrainians and eight citizens of Georgia. Most of the passengers side of the Greeks – 234 people, also on the ferry are 54 Turkish citizens and 22 citizens of Albania and Italy. In addition, among the passengers: 18 German nationals, 10 nationals of Switzerland, nine French citizens of Bulgaria, seven, six Austrians, five Syrians, on three subjects Macedonia, the Netherlands and Belgium also two citizens of Hungary, Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Kingdom and one national Romania, Croatia, Sweden, Canada, Egypt and Malta
In the carriage – 22 Italian and 34 Greek.
What emergency occurred in passenger ships and ferries
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