All crew members are safe after a fire broke out aboard a cargo ship south of Alaska's Adak Island. The ship was carrying 3,000 vehicles, including 800 electric vehicles, bound for Mexico. Smoke was first seen coming from a deck loaded with the electric vehicles.
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Here's how you can set limits or know it's time to leaveAP News AlertsAP PHOTOS: Cicadas swarm parts of the Eastern U.S. as the insects emerge in Brood XIV's 17-year cycleData capturing hot spots and burned acres show Canada wildfire season off to wild startLa campaña antipolio de Pakistán sufre un revés tras el primer caso en 7 años en enclave del norteReddit sues AI company Anthropic for allegedly 'scraping' user comments to train chatbot ClaudePart toy, part fashion, the arrival of the viral Labubu was a long time in the makingDos nuevos ataques contra judíos aumentan preocupaciones sobre la seguridad en sinagogas de EEUUTrump afirma que Putin le dijo que Rusia responderá a reciente ataque ucraniano"¿Tudo bem?","Gracias": crece el número de gente en EEUU que habla otros idiomasU.S. NewsIn this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of a cargo ship carrying about 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from the cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of the cargo ship carrying about 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of a cargo ship carrying about 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of a cargo ship carrying about 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from the cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of the cargo ship carrying about 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from the cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of Adak, Alaska, June 3, 2025, as the crew of the cargo ship carrying about 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, abandoned ship after they could not control a fire. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 company, London-based Zodiac Maritime.Crew members abandoned ship, were evacuated onto a lifeboat and rescued by the crew of a nearby merchant vessel called the Cosco Hellas in the North Pacific, roughly 300 miles southwest of Adak Island. Adak is about 1,200 miles west of Anchorage, the state’s largest city. The crew initiated emergency firefighting procedures with the ship’s onboard fire suppression system. But they were unable bring the flames under control. “The relevant authorities have been notified, and we are working closely with emergency responders with a tug being deployed to support salvage and firefighting operations,” Zodiac Maritime said in a statement. “Our priorities are to ensure the continued safety of the crew and protect the marine environment.”Russia’s Wagner Group planned arson attack on London business with links to Ukraine, court is told The U.S. Coast Guard said it sent aircrews to Adak and a ship to the area. The status of the fire onboard the ship was unknown as of Wednesday afternoon, but smoke was still emanating from it, according to the Coast Guard. Rear Admiral Megan Dean, commander of the Coast Guard’s Seventeenth District, said in a statement that as the search and rescue part of the response concluded, the Coast Guard was working with Zodiac Maritime to determine how to recover the ship and what will be done with it. “We are grateful for the selfless actions of the three nearby vessels who assisted in the response and the crew of motor vessel Cosco Hellas, who helped save 22 lives,” Dean said. The 600-foot Morning Midas, a car and truck carrier, was built in 2006 and sails under a Liberian flag.deadly 2023 fire on a freighter That fire killed one person, injured others and burned out of control for a week, and the ship was eventually towed to a port in the northern Netherlands for salvage., which have increased in size dramatically in recent decades. More than 80% of international trade by volume now arrives by sea, and the largest container vessels are longer than three football fields.Thiessen is an Associated Press all-formats reporter based in Anchorage, Alaska. He covers Alaska Native issues and other general assignments.The Dutch government has collapsed. What happens next?
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