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ROME — Fire broke out Friday on an Italian ferry carrying more than 500 people to the island of Sicily, forcing all passengers to evacuate by lifeboat to another ferry and a coast guard vessel.
The Vincenzo Florio ferry was traveling from the mainland port of Naples to Palermo, the Sicilian capital, when the fire erupted in its car hold as the boat came within 25 miles of its destination.
Some of the passengers were taken off on stretchers when the vessels arrived in Palermo. More than 50 were taken to hospitals, mostly because of the effects of smoke, and were soon released, officials said.
