Italy’s coast guard Saturday carried out a daring rescue operation, saving a complete of 177 people, which included 27 crew members, from a ferry engulfed in flames throughout its voyage from the Italian island of Lampedusa to Porto Empedocle in Sicily, Reuters reported.
In keeping with an official assertion from the coast guard, among the many passengers on the ferry have been 83 migrants who have been within the means of being relocated from Lampedusa.
All passengers have been efficiently transferred to a coast guard vessel and are at present en path to Porto Empedocle. Solely three people will not be persevering with their journey to Porto Empedocle and are as a substitute returning to Lampedusa.
The coast guard displayed distinctive talent and resourcefulness in the course of the rescue mission, utilising highly effective water jets to chill down the sections of the ferry affected by the hearth, which had erupted within the engine room late on the previous Friday night time.
