Two Albanian seamen have died after a cable they were using to connect their tugboat to the fire-stricken Greek ferry Norman Atlantic broke.
Dionis Dulaj, the police spokesman in the Albanian port town of Vlore, said the two were apparently hit by the line as they tried to attach it to the passenger ship.
The first victim was killed immediately and the second died of his injuries a short time later.
A Dutch salvage company, Rotterdam-based Smit Salvage, was overseeing the operations to secure the Norman Atlantic.
Martijn Schuttevaer, a spokesman for Smit's parent company Royal Boskalis Smit, said one line was connected by early on Tuesday and that the priority was to get a heavier tow line connection, aided by the arrival of larger tugs.
It was not clear if that was the operation under way when the Albanian sailors were struck.
The deaths add to the total of 10 people confirmed dead after the ferry caught fire off the coast of Corfu as it travelled to the Italian port of Ancona.
As the search for bodies continues, Italian authorities have expressed concern about the accuracy of the passenger manifest which has left them unclear about how many people were aboard.
In stormy seas and howling winds hundreds of people were rescued over a 24-hour period but there are fears that an unknown number may still be missing.
Italian Transport Minister Maurizio Lupi said that 427 people had been winched to safety by helicopter.
Thirty-eight people were unaccounted for, according to an updated list of passengers and crew from the Greek operator, but there were doubts over the manifest's accuracy.
Mr Lupi said it was unclear if those unaccounted for could include no-shows at boarding or people who got off at a stopover on the Greek island of Igoumenitsa or whether there were errors on the passenger list.
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A firefighter carries a child from the "Spirit of Piraeus" cargo container ship as they arrive at Bari harbour, after the car ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire in waters off Greece
Passengers evacuated from the burning ferry Norman Atlantic arrive aboard the Singapore-flagged cargo container ship
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