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Passengers have snou been evacuated. the fire broke out before dawn yesterday on the car deck of the norman atlantic and the fire so intense here that passengers said their shoes were melting. at least five people have died. well this drama all playing out between italy and greece in the adriatic sea. keir simmons is covering this story live in london. thank you for being with us. let's start with a rescue operation that just wrapped up. why did it take so long to get all of these passengers off the ferry. >> well, good morning, the reason is because a number of factors really the pictures you...

They are asking for help. some have said you know are we going to have to jump in the sea at some point. we can understand that in itself is a daunting idea when we're looking at winds of 55 miles per hour blowing in the area at the moment. so there's the account that we're hearing from people extremely stressful and they show that people are starting to panic by now. >> i can understand. any word on how this fire broke out? is the ferry listing? is it taking on water? anything you're learning about that? >> caller: we haven't heard anything about water at this point. the fire started at one o...

Sea. there were over 400 people on this ferry. some have been removed from the ferry. let's get more live from athens. what can you tell us about the rescue operation under way? >> caller: it's a really big operation. it's taking place in the adriatic sea. what happened the car ferry on the northern atlantic carrying nearly 500 passengers and crew caught fire in the early morning hours while sailing from greece to italy. the fire appears to have started in the lower deck a car deck according to initial reports coming out, but we don't yet know the exact causes of the fire yet. the ship sent a ...

And objects have been spotted floating at the bottom of the sea. no word yet on just what was found. we're staying on top of the search. look for live reports on "america this morning" and "good morning america." hundreds of passengers still on board a ferry drifting between italy and southern albania. it was crippled yesterday when a fire broke out on its car deck. more than 200 have been air lifted to other ships. hundreds remain on the boat's deck. the top couple of decks suffering in frigid temperatures. at least one person has died jumping trying to escape the fire. several others injur...