Thankfully no one was injured 🙏
A passenger ferry travelling between Majorca, Ibiza and the Spanish mainland had to be evacuated after running aground last night.
Nearly 400 people were ordered off the boat and put into life rafts in the port of Denia, around 30 miles from Benidorm. The Spanish coastguard and police helped passengers get to safety in a dramatic rescue mission that took two hours to complete.AdvertisementCars had to be left on board until the boat is floated again and people were taken by bus to Valencia or Alicante.Ferry passengers wait to leave the ship after it crashed against a harbour wall in Denia port Balearia said in a statement: ‘The fast ferry Pinar del Rio ran aground at 11.
‘The fast ferry, which was coming from Palma and Ibiza, was going to dock in the port. There were 393 people and 70 vehicles on board. ‘All the passengers were unharmed and were evacuated using Spanish Coastguard and Civil Guard vessels and a Balearia tug.’
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