Turkish evacuees of ferry fire leave Corfu; smoking ferry

Turkish citizens left Corfu on Saturday to travel home after they were rescued from a burning ferry on Friday. Rescue teams in Greece continued searching for 12 people believed to be missing from the ferry that caught fire in the Ionian Sea while en-route to Italy, as the blaze continued for a second day.

After working all night to extinguish the blaze, firefighting vessels surrounded the Euroferry Olympia, which was carrying more than 290 passengers and crew members when the fire broke out onboard Friday. The Greek coast guard and the crews of other boats evacuated some 280 people to the Greek island of Corfu.

Authorities increased the number considered missing from 11 to 12 after discovering that a person from the ferry was not listed on the passenger manifest. One Turkish citizen was reported missing. The other missing passengers were believed to be mostly from Bulgaria.