ROME - Rescue teams working through the night have pulled 265 people off a stricken car ferry which caught fire off the coast of Greece but more than 200 are stranded on board, the Italian navy said on Dec. 29.
Reuters: Italy says 265 rescued from ferry, more than 200 still stranded
A wounded passenger (C) among 49 survivors evacuated from the burning ferry \"Norman Atlantic is helped by rescuers as he arrives aboard the Singapore-flagged cargo container ship \"Siprit of Piraeus\" to the harbor of Bari on December 29, 2014. Rescuers battled in the dark to save hundreds of passengers still trapped on a burning Italian ferry adrift off Albania in the early hours of December 29, as coastguards reported one man had died in the high-seas drama.
