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Midas was en route to Mexico with 70 EVs and 681 hybrids among 3,048 cars when the fire broke out in the Pacific ...

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 ...

It's not exactly clear how the fire began onboard. However, the ship's crew first spotted smoke on the deck where the battery ...

No one was injured in the blaze on the car carrier, which was bringing about 3,000 vehicles, including 800 electric models, from China to Mexico.

A salvage team is expected to arrive early next week at the scene of a cargo ship that was carrying about 3,000 vehicles to ...

A salvage team has arrived at the scene of the burning car carrier Morning Midas, located approximately 220 miles south of ...

Midas, a cargo ship transporting 3,000 cars (including 800 EVs), was abandoned south of Adak, Alaska, when it caught fire in ...

The ship, operated by UK-based Zodiac Maritime, was abandoned off the coast of Alaska after sailors were unable to contain ...

The U.S. Coast Guard said it would allow the fire to burn because the cars’ lithium-ion batteries could explode. The ship’s ...

The crew of a cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles, including 800 EVs, abandoned it off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday.

The crew of the Morning Midas saw smoke first coming from a section of the ship containing electric vehicles, the company said.