ROME A Dutch-registered vessel rescued 22 crew from a Turkish freighter stranded off the Italian coast on Tuesday after a fire broke out in the ship's engine room, Italian naval authorities said. The ship, the Hasat, was not believed to be in danger of sinking and would be towed to the port of Reggio Calabria, on the toe of Italy, rescue authorities said. "We received a Mayday call from the freighter at 3:00 a.
m. (0100 GMT) on Tuesday saying that a fire had started in the engine room," a spokesman for the naval rescue told Reuters.
(Reuter)