When the blaze started, the ferry was about 25 miles from the Sicilian port. This photo, released by the Italian Carabinieri press ofice, captures the effort to extinguish the fire. (Marcello Paternostro / AFP/Getty Images)
Medical personnel await an evacuation ferry’s arrival in Palermo. (Alessandro Fucarini / Associated Press)
A slightly injured man arrives at Palermo’s harbor after being evacuated from the Italian ferry Vincenzo Florio, owned by the Italian ferry company Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA. (Alessandro Fucarini / Associated Press)
Palermo’s harbor becomes an emotion-filled scene as evacuated passengers arrive. Five passengers were reported to have been taken to a hospital as a precaution. (Alessandro Fucarini / Associated Press)
A young passenger arrives in Palermo, where medical personnel and police waited. (Marcello Paternostro / AFP/Getty Images)
A policeman assists evacuated passengers as they arrive at Palermo’s harbor. (Alessandro Fucarini / Associated Press)
Passengers embrace at the Palermo harbor. Reports say that the ailing ferry was being towed to Palermo. Firefighters would have a better chance of snuffing the blaze once the ship was in port. (Alessandro Fucarini / Associated Press)
