{"id":23311,"date":"2026-10-10T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/german-tourist-rescued-after-boat-catches-fire-and-sinks-off-lesvos-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T22:31:09","slug":"german-tourist-rescued-after-boat-catches-fire-and-sinks-off-lesvos-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/german-tourist-rescued-after-boat-catches-fire-and-sinks-off-lesvos-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"German Tourist Rescued After Boat Catches Fire and Sinks Off Lesvos \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<h3 id=\"h-a-german-passenger-has-been-hospitalised-with-burns-after-a-boat-caught-fire-and-sank-off-the-coast-of-tarti-near-plomari-on-the-greek-island-of-lesvos\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A German passenger has been hospitalised with burns after a boat caught fire and sank off the coast of Tarti, near Plomari on the Greek island of Lesvos.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred approximately one nautical mile from the coast, prompting a rescue operation after flames engulfed the vessel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The passenger, who was the only person aboard, was rescued by a nearby boat named <em>Dimitroula<\/em>. A Hellenic Coast Guard patrol vessel subsequently transferred him to Skala Loutron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An ambulance from Greece\u2019s National Emergency Aid Centre (EKAB) transported the injured man to Mytilene Hospital, where he is being treated. His condition has been reported as outside immediate danger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire completely destroyed the boat before it sank. The Coast Guard reported that no marine pollution had been detected following the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Plomari Coast Guard Station is investigating the circumstances surrounding the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video footage shows the incident off the coast of Lesvos. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"># German Tourist Rescued After Boat Catches Fire and Sinks Off Lesvos<\/p>\n<p>A German passenger has been hospitalised with burns after a boat caught fire and sank off the coast of Tarti, near Plomari on the Greek island of Lesvos.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred approximately one nautical mile\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AVzp8Mc9xQ\">pic.twitter.com\/AVzp8Mc9xQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greek City Times (@greekcitytimes) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greekcitytimes\/status\/2109041736890917191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!--[googlesitekit-end-of-content]--><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Bill Giannopoulos<\/h5>\n<h4>Junior Editor<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Giannopoulos is a Junior Editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, sport, and history.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.gr\" class=\"boxed-icon fill\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/10\/11\/boat-fire-sinks-off-lesvos\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A German passenger has been hospitalised with burns after a boat caught fire and sank off the coast of Tarti, near Plomari on the Greek island of Lesvos. The incident occurred approximately one nautical mile from the coast, prompting a rescue operation after flames engulfed the vessel. The passenger, who was the only person aboard, &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"German Tourist Rescued After Boat Catches Fire and Sinks Off Lesvos \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/german-tourist-rescued-after-boat-catches-fire-and-sinks-off-lesvos-greek-city-times\/#more-23311\" aria-label=\"Read more about German Tourist Rescued After Boat Catches Fire and Sinks Off Lesvos \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lesvos-molyvos-castle-top-1-2560.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}