Ambulances in GreeceATHENA Feb 18 All passengers and crew left the Euroferry Olympia , where a fire broke out early in the morning, the Athens news agency AMNA reports. The fire began shortly after the ship sailed from Igoumenitsa to Brindisi. There were 237 passengers and 51 crew members on board. They all left the ferry in lifeboats. The captain said that all the passengers were healthy, they were being picked up by the ships of the port and the Italian coast guard. The frigate «Hydra» and three helicopters went to the area of the incident. Five port service vessels and one Italian coast guard vessel are on site and are operating, the agency reports. Northwest winds blowing at a force of 4 points on the Beaufort scale are blowing in the sea. Proto Tema reports that the fire is out of control. According to preliminary data, it started from the third deck, the reason is unknown.
