Italian ferry investigation slowed by fire as family members mourn
- 9 years ago
This still-smoking hulk is what's left of the Italian ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece Sunday -- killing 11 people and leaving about 18 more missing.
Emergency workers have finally re-boarded the boat to find out what parts are safe so they can start figuring out how the fire was started.
(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) BRINDISI PORT COMMANDER, MARIO VALENTE, SAYING:
"There is a continuing slow combustion, but a bit less than yesterday. It will be a few days before all the fire outbreaks are completely extinguished. They are verifying, yesterday there were not many areas accessible, in fact they were nearly all inaccessible. So now they are verifying if they can get access to other areas."
Meanwhile, though, families of some of the 11 confirmed dead have identified the remains -- including this man.
His father was a Greek lorry driver who escaped to a lifeboat --where he called his son.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) SON OF GREEK FERRY VICTIM GERASIMOS KA
Emergency workers have finally re-boarded the boat to find out what parts are safe so they can start figuring out how the fire was started.
(SOUNDBITE) (Italian) BRINDISI PORT COMMANDER, MARIO VALENTE, SAYING:
"There is a continuing slow combustion, but a bit less than yesterday. It will be a few days before all the fire outbreaks are completely extinguished. They are verifying, yesterday there were not many areas accessible, in fact they were nearly all inaccessible. So now they are verifying if they can get access to other areas."
Meanwhile, though, families of some of the 11 confirmed dead have identified the remains -- including this man.
His father was a Greek lorry driver who escaped to a lifeboat --where he called his son.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) SON OF GREEK FERRY VICTIM GERASIMOS KA