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Fire onboard Egypt-bound ferry carrying more than 1,200 people

Arab World Materials 3 November 2011 13:16 (UTC +04:00)
A fire broke out on a ferry carrying 1,230 and bound for Egypt on Thursday, official media reported.
Fire onboard Egypt-bound ferry carrying more than 1,200 people

A fire broke out on a ferry carrying 1,230 and bound for Egypt on Thursday, official media reported.

The head of the Red Sea Ports Authority said rescue teams were trying to help the passengers, most of them expatriate workers, from the vessel, dpa reported.

The ferry, Bella, was en route to the port of Nuweiba from the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba.

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