Passenger missing after ferry blaze in Greece found alive

Rescue of lorry driver from ship's stern raises hopes for 11 remaining missing passengers

One of 12 passengers thought to be missing on an Italian cruise liner off Corfu has been found alive, 53 hours after the ferry burst into flames en route to Brindisi.

Rescuers who boarded the stricken ship found the man, a 21-year-old Belarusian lorry driver, on the vessel's stern, which teams had been attempting to cool down. Temperatures on the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia had exceeded 600C as firefighters had battled to extinguish fires that had raged since Friday.