ATHENS, Sept 25 (Reuters) – A fire broke out on the deck of a vehicle ferry off the popular Greek tourist island of Mykonos on Friday, authorities said.
At least five coast guard vessels and two firefighting speedboats assisted the operation to rescue the 29 people on board, which included 28 crew and one passenger, the Greek coastguard said. Those on board had not been evacuated but were not injured, it said.
An official from the ferry owner, Blue Star Ferries, confirmed that no one was hurt and that the crew was working to put out the fire.
Unverified images on local media showed a column of smoke rising from a boat out at sea.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou, Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas; Editing by Edward McAllister)
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