PALMA DE MALLORCA – A fire forced the evacuation Tuesday offshore the ferry “Sorrento”, with 156 people on board was traveling from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) to Valencia ( east of Spain), the company Trasmediterránea, operator of the ship was in danger of sinking.
“All have been rescued,” said a reported the shipping company, which operated the Italian flag vessel belonging to the company Atlantica CSPA di Navigazione.
The passengers and crew were “to leave the ship in lifeboats” after a fire broke out that ” could not be controlled with the media on board, “he said, meanwhile, the Maritime Rescue Service.
A total of 150 occupants evacuated in lifeboats, including a baby, were taken to “Puglia”, a ferry from another company diverted to the area, he moved to Mallorca. Two crew members were rescued by coastguard boat.
Two helicopters moved to four other members of the crew. Three of them were recognized at the hospital in Palma de Mallorca, where they are already discharged, said the government delegate in the archipelago, Teresa Palmer.
According to the emergency services of the Balearic Islands, only two of them, an Italian and a Filipino, had to be treated for “inhaling smoke” and an “anxiety attack” respectively.
According to the same source, in the boat traveling passengers Spain, Germany, Romania, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Senegal, Argentina, Albania, Australia, Bulgaria and Algeria.
Passengers rescued by the “Puglia” arrived around 18h30 GMT (20h30 local) to the port of Palma , where they had an extensive police and Red Cross device and various authorities.
The incident occurred 20 miles (37 km) from Palma de Mallorca, where he had left the ship bound the port of Valencia, according to the company.
Shortly after leaving the ferry “has suffered a fire in the garage No cover 4 for reasons that are still unknown” and asked for help to 11h50 GMT He added Trasmediterránea.
The ship’s captain considered at first evacuation was not necessary, but “at the intensity of the fire” gave orders to abandon ship as Salvage.
Up-scene four ships and a helicopter services Salvage moved, plus another helicopter of the Guardia Civil. Also they addressed the place two passenger ships, the “Puglia” and “Visemar I”.
The evacuated passengers finally boarded the first. The fire “still has not died,” said the delegate of the government, while the Balearic Islands Port Authority warned that the ship was in danger of sinking.
The authorities have enabled the devices to meet a spill in the event that went under the ship, 186 meters long and with a capacity for 1,000 people and 150 vehicles.
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