At around 5 pm, a fire set alight 300 m² of a shed storing a stock of pallets and plastic crates at a fishing port. Fanned by the wind, the fire spread to a coaster moored nearby. As the burning vessel had broken its hawsers, the emergency services had to secure it along the wharf. In addition to the risks of a boat explosion due to the presence of gas bottles and oil storage tanks, there were also fears of aquatic pollution in the event of shipwreck. The port’s tug towed away a docked passenger ship that was also threatened by the flames. The 43 fire-fighters mobilised decided against fighting the fire at close quarters in the warehouse, whose concrete structure had been weakened (numerous cracks). They controlled the fire on the coaster at 7:34 pm using 2 hoses and the deluge set on the tug, and the fire in the building at 8:20 pm, using 2 hoses and a foam gun (supplied with water from the port’s internal basin). A fire tender was provided for the night-time surveillance of the site during which patrols were carried out with a thermal imaging camera. The next morning, a specialist unit checked a diesel pipeline located below the damaged wharf.