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A 29-year-old stewardess has died in a fire on board a 22-metre (72-foot) sailing yacht in Marina di Stabia, Italy.
Giulia Maccaroni, who was born in Rome, reportedly died from asphyxiation.
She was sleeping overnight when the yacht caught fire. It is believed she did not get awoken by the blaze, which originally started outside the boat, before it went on to sink. According to the Stabiese Harbor Master Office, there were no injuries or burns to Maccaroni’s body when it was recovered.
The prosecutor of Torre Annunziata has opened an investigation, with investigators focusing initially on the images from the cameras in place at the marina.
In a release, Stabiese Harbor Master Office noted, “During the night we were alerted to the presence of a fire in a boat moored in the tourist port Marina di Stabia. Immediately after the firefighting operations, the fire brigade and coast guard personnel on board found the lifeless body of the young woman, originally from San Vito Romano.”
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