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Coast Guard initially reported a shipwrecked sailor may have sparked the blaze after firing flares for help.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

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From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Ninety-six people have been rescued so far and a search is continuing for other passengers who were aboard the shipwrecked vessel that was heading towards Spain's Canary Islands.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

On Friday, Italy's coastguard said it was searching for the survivors of a shipwrecked vessel carrying about 30 people in the search and a rescue area of Malta, some 50 miles southeast of Lampedusa.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

“Yes. But, when you were shipwrecked, you sailed from the place in a boat woven mostly of spells, and it didn’t leak water. Was it illusion?”

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin