![A passenger of the Norman Atlantic is carried on a stretcher in Bari harbor in Italy on Monday, December 29. The ferry, carrying hundreds of passengers, caught fire early Sunday, trapping passengers on the top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered the evacuation.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141229065736-01-italy-ferry-1229.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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A passenger of the Norman Atlantic is carried on a stretcher in Bari harbor in Italy on Monday, December 29. The ferry, carrying hundreds of passengers, caught fire early Sunday, trapping passengers on the top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered the evacuation.
![Survivors of the ferry fire are helped by rescuers as they disembark from a rescue ship in the Bari harbor in Italy on December 29.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141229070012-02-italy-ferry-1229.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Survivors of the ferry fire are helped by rescuers as they disembark from a rescue ship in the Bari harbor in Italy on December 29.
![Passengers eat after their arrival at the airport of Corfu island in Greece on December 29.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141229102114-05-italy-ferry-1229.jpg?q=w_3472,h_1953,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Passengers eat after their arrival at the airport of Corfu island in Greece on December 29.
![Smoke billows from the Norman Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, December 28, In this image released by the Italian Navy.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141229070123-03-italy-ferry-1229.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Smoke billows from the Norman Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, December 28, In this image released by the Italian Navy.
![Smoke rises from the Norman Atlantic ferry.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141228083902-greece-ferry-fire.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1499,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Smoke rises from the Norman Atlantic ferry.
![Smoke billows from the Norman Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea on December 28, in this image taken from a video released by the Italian Coast Guard.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141229070307-04-italy-ferry-1229.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Smoke billows from the Norman Atlantic in the Adriatic Sea on December 28, in this image taken from a video released by the Italian Coast Guard.
![An Italian Navy helicopter and a rescue unit leave the port of Brindisi to take part in the rescue operations.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141228124610-06-ferry-1228.jpg?q=w_3543,h_2362,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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An Italian Navy helicopter and a rescue unit leave the port of Brindisi to take part in the rescue operations.
![Passengers wait to be rescued from the burning ferry.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141228182947-10-ferry-1228.jpg?q=w_2500,h_1404,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Passengers wait to be rescued from the burning ferry.
![An Italian Navy rescue unit leaves the port of Brindisi. A joint Italian-Greek rescue operation will continue into Sunday night according to the Italian Minister of Defense, Roberta Pinotti.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141228124656-07-ferry-1228.jpg?q=w_3543,h_2362,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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An Italian Navy rescue unit leaves the port of Brindisi. A joint Italian-Greek rescue operation will continue into Sunday night according to the Italian Minister of Defense, Roberta Pinotti.
![Smoke billows from the ferry. It was heading from Igoumenitsa, Greece, to Ancona, Italy.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141228122906-03-ferry-1228.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1311,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Smoke billows from the ferry. It was heading from Igoumenitsa, Greece, to Ancona, Italy.
![Greece's Coast Guard spokesman Nikolaos Lagadianos delivers a statement concerning the fire to the media in Piraeus port.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141228124200-04-ferry-1228.jpg?q=w_2567,h_1711,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Greece's Coast Guard spokesman Nikolaos Lagadianos delivers a statement concerning the fire to the media in Piraeus port.
![The fire is believed to have started in the garage area shortly after the ship set sail.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/141228103443-02-ferry-1228.jpg?q=w_3000,h_2060,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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The fire is believed to have started in the garage area shortly after the ship set sail.