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A fire broke out on the deck of a truck ferry sailing north of Mykonos on September 25.

According to the Hellenic Coastguard, the blaze required an "extensive firefighting operation", but it is not clear how it started.

All 28 staff and the single passenger on board were safely evacuated using lifeboats, they added.

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