Morning Midas cargo ship carrying approximately 3000 vehicles including 800 electric vehicles On Wednesday, she left the vessel off the coast of the US state of Alaska after a fire broke out on board. According to Reuters, TASR informs about this.
Twenty -two -handed crew had to evacuate After she had failed to quench a large fire on board, she said Zodiac Maritime. They got out of the place using a nearby merchant ship supporting the American Coast Guard. Morning Midas was about 480 kilometers southwest of ADAK in Alaska. The ship sailed on May 26 under the flag of a liberia from the Chinese port city of Jen-Tchaj to Mexico Lázaro Cárdenas.
According to Zodiac Maritime to During transport from the deck loaded with electric vehicles, he began to roll the smoke and then the fire broke out. It is not yet clear what car brand the ship was transporting. The American Coast Guard has already sent several vessels to the site.
Fires of electric vehicles during sea transportation is extremely difficult to extinguish especially because of radiating heat and the risk of re -ignition. This can persist for several days. In 2022, a ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars, including Porsche and Bentley brands almost two weeks after the fire, sank the Portuguese Azores.
