On the Rospo Mare B, the Energean platform located on the offshore oil field about 10 nautical miles offshore of Vasto, in the Adriatic Sea, a fire broke out that requested the intervention, coordinated by the National Center for coordination of the maritime rescue of the Coast Guard, air and naval resources and the collaboration of specialized means for deal with the emergency. The Italian Coast Guard has announced that no injured persons or persons are reported as a result of the accident traces of pollution in the sea.

The CP878 patrol boat arrived on the scene, coming from by the Coast Guard of Termoli, with personnel from the fire embarked to support extinguishing operations of the fire, and the patrol boat CP538 coming from the Coast Guard of Vasto. Flying in the area of operation, the aircraft Manta 10-03 and the Coast Guard helicopter 11-11 engaged in environmental monitoring activities. Several other units naval forces are employed under the coordination of the Coast Guard, among them the Shark supply vessel, a support unit to the Rospo Mare B platform, equipped with extinguishing agents with the 26 people evacuated from the platform on board affected by the fire and neighboring ones, also evacuated as a precautionary measure.

The Coast Guard has announced that in order to verify any environmental consequences related to the event have been requested satellite images at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) useful to assist the monitoring activity environmental.