In the night between Friday and Saturday on the Cossyra ferry of the Ferries of the Islands (Charon & Tourist group), in navigation from Lampedusa to Porto Empedocle, a Fire in the engine room of the unit that had on board 177 persons, including 150 passengers and 27 crew members. On place, under the coordination of the National Operations Centre of the Coast Guard, a SAR patrol boat from Lampedusa intervened and the vessel Diciotti which carried out the operations of transhipment from the ship and securing all passengers, including including 83 migrants transferred from the island. In addition, the fire service of the Diciotti cooled with water jets the parts of the ferry affected by the fire.

The ship, on which the crew members remained, she is towed to the port of Augsburg.