Platform supply vessel Skandi Stolmen, operated by Norskan Offshore, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norway’s DOF, caught fire off the coast of Macae on Wednesday.

All sixteen crew members onboard were rescued by nearby vessels and the local port authority.

According to Fabio Riera, an official at Macae Port, the fire was extinguished during the early hours of Thursday and there was no evidence of environmental pollution, while all the crew were unharmed and safe.

The authorities have started an investigation to clarify the causes of the incident.