Flames on the ferry in Piombino, 274 passengers were evacuated – News

A fire broke out in the engine room of the Corsica Express three ferryof the Corsica Sardinia Ferries company they went to the island of Elba and as soon as they left the port of Piombino (Livorno) they triggered the emergency mode to land the 274 passengers immediately.

The boat, which had about 300 people on board with its crew and which had sailed from Piombino, had to return to the port immediately.

The fire did not cause any injuries on boardexplain from Livorno sea management, and then it was immediately brought under control thanks to the firefighters involved, but the main concern was to make the passengers safe with their immediate return. The fire also caused the aft door controls to fail to open when they returned to Piombino. For this reason the emergency procedure was started and the passengers had to disembark through the emergency slides into the sea.

Works coordinated by the Piombino harbor office. Here a passenger was helped by 118 for a panic attack and another for minor scratches while a woman was taken to the emergency room for lacerations caused by the slide.

The ferry left the port of Piombino at around 3.15pm and after about a quarter of an hour of sailing it was returned to port after finding smoke in the engine room. A technical investigation into the cause of the fire is still ongoing. The Municipality of Piombino immediately opened the coke, with the intervention of the civil defense and the mayor Francesco Ferrari, outside the city, followed the updates from his colleagues until the end of the crisis.

The president of Tuscany Eugenio Gian also spoke about the eventwho was immediately interested in the evolution of the case and the prefect of Livorno Giancarlo Dionisi.
“I would like to give special thanks – clarified Dionisi – to those who worked to resolve the situation in the best way that could have had a great impact on it,” also speaking to the ferry crew as well as the rescuers. “Special recognition – he said – then goes to the firefighters of Livorno and Grosseto, who quickly intervened on the scene, with their usual professionalism and high sense of responsibility , much to avoid the worst.