A deadly fire broke out on an Italian ferry off the coast of Greece at about 4am local time on Sunday, killing seven people and kicking off a dangerous joint rescue operation on the choppy Adriatic Sea. More than 400 people were eventually removed from the ship, despite rough seas and high winds.
According to Bloomberg, the captain of the vessel, the Norman Atlantic, was confirmed as the last person to leave the ship when resuce operations concluded, just before 3pm local time on Monday.
Click here for more details about the fire and the rescue operation. Click through the following pages for images of the fire and the dramatic resuce.
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