Cargo Ship with 22 Onboard Catches Fire Off Alaska Coast; US Coast Guard Responds, Says 'No One Injured'

Cargo ship carrying electric vehicles burns off Alaska - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

A fire on a cargo ship carrying electric vehicles that contain highly flammable lithium-ion batteries was burning off Alaska’s coast on Wednesday night, more than 24 hours after it broke out, the U.S. Coast Guard and the ship’s manager said.

Cargo ship carrying 3,000 cars burns off coast of Alaska; 22 crew members rescued

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The crew of a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire aboard the vessel in waters off Alaska's Aleutian island chain. A large plume of smoke was initially seen at the ship's stern coming from the deck loaded with electric vehicles Tuesday, according to U.S. Coast Guard photos and a Wednesday statement from the ship’s management comp…

Coast Guard responds to vessel fire offshore Adak - Alaska Native News

KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard responded to a vessel fire approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Wednesday.   Watchstanders at the Seventeenth Coast Guard District command center received a distress alert Tuesday at approximately 3:15 p.m. reporting a fire aboard the cargo ship Morning Midas, a 600-foot U.K.-flagged cargo vessel with 22 crew members and reportedly carrying several thousand […] The post Coast Guard responds to vessel fire offsh…

Inferno at sea: Crew rescued after massive cargo ship fire south of Adak

The US Coast Guard responded Wednesday to a cargo vessel fire approximately 300 miles south of Adak, following a distress call from the 600-foot Liberian-flagged ship Morning Midas, which had reported a fire on board and carried a crew of 22 and a cargo of thousands of vehicles. The distress signal was received Tuesday at about […] The post Inferno at sea: Crew rescued after massive cargo ship fire south of Adak appeared first on Must Read Alask…

22 crew members rescued after fire breaks out on cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles

Officials are investigating a fire that broke out on a cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles and fuel.