A wooden ship caught fire near the island of Rhodes.
A ship with passengers caught fire on the high seas
A wooden ship caught fire off the island of Rhodes, Greece. All 80 passengers on board managed to escape.
The pictures are impressive. A Greek ship full of tourists was completely destroyed by flames while at sea, 300 meters from the beach. It took only a few minutes for the wooden ship called the Magellanos to went to the bottom.
Thanks to the quick reaction of passengers and small boats that were nearby, none of the tourists were injured. Some decided to throw themselves into the sea to get to the beach of Rhodes. A 9-year-old girl and a 50-year-old woman still received superficial burns and were taken to the hospital.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the disaster. The port authorities of Rhodes confirmed their readiness to act to avoid sea pollution associated with the remains of a ship that sank to the bottom.