Burnt-out ferry towed to Italy after deadly blaze


  • World
  • Saturday, 03 Jan 2015

BRINDISI, Italy (Reuters) - Tug boats hauled the burnt-out hulk of a ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece into a southern Italian port on Friday, opening the way for an investigation into the blaze that killed at least 11 people.

Listing visibly to starboard, the Norman Atlantic multi-deck car-and-truck ferry docked in the port of Brindisi in the early afternoon, still smouldering.

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