A cargo ship carrying 3, 000 vehicles, including 800 energy ones, caught flames off the coastline of Alaska and is still burning. The 22 team members reportedly escaped the fleet and were picked up by two local tankers, according to the Coast Guard.
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The fleet, a” Morning Midas,” had left from Yantai, China, on May 26 and was heading to Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico.
One or more of the lithium-ion batteries that power the Vehicles may have started the fire, it seems. The Coast Guard will let the ship burn, since trying to put out a lithium-ion hearth is almost pointless, but one thing is certain: it won’t.  ,  ,
Electric cars from China to Mexico are being transported by the Morning Midas goods fleet, which is ablaze and abandoned.
a potentially dangerous floating potassium bomb.
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Zodiac Maritime, the boat’s management company, stated in a statement that” we are working closely with emergency firefighters” and that” the appropriate authorities have been informed. A tug is currently deployed to help salvage and rescue operations. Our top priorities are to safeguard the marine environment and maintain the crew’s extended health.
The fire’s possible negative effects on the environment are severe.  ,
At sea, where salt could degrade the materials that cover batteries and spread a bigger fire, are even more dangerous.
After a hearth onboard the vehicles ship somewhat larger than Morning Midas burned for nearly two weeks, the Felicity Ace, which was slightly larger than the Felicity Ace, sank in the Atlantic Ocean along with around 4, 000 other vehicles, including Bentleys and Porsches.
Lithium-ion chargers also pose dangers for air traveling. Southwest Airlines and a number of other Asian carriers have tightened in-flight limits on the use and carry of the chargers in recent months. Following a blaze that claimed a passenger aircraft at an airport in South Korea in January, the bans in Asia began to apply.
An analysis is examining whether there is a conclusive connection between compact batteries and that fire.
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After a fire broke out on a cargo ship carrying more than 3, 000 cars, including some energy ones, the mother of all vehicle fires is now burning in the Pacific Ocean. The Coast Guard said in a speech that fire broke out on Tuesday on the Morning Midas. The… https ://t.co/Hb3y9F69Y6 photograph. twitter.com/v869uT04jqThe Western Journal ( @WesternJournalX ) June 5, 2025
The Morning Midas has since been abandoned and burned up. Because putting water on a losing lithium-ion power is like igniting a massive bomb, the Coast Guard didn’t stop the fire.  ,
It may take months for the fireplace to lose itself out, depending on how the fire is burning, including its gas supply and the number of batteries that catch fire. Four times are left until tugboats arrive.
It’s anticipated that the flames will extinguish before the lithium-ion batteries ‘ outgassing will corrode the Morning Midas ‘ deck, leaving opening holes that would cause the warship to sink. Although it’s doubtful, the Coast Guard might be making preparations.  ,
If lithium-ion batteries weren’t being used to power cars meant to protect the world from climate change, they wouldn’t be in such high demand. Perhaps we can get a new energy source to save the world that isn’t so difficult to put out if it burns, doesn’t release toxic gases when it ignites, and is made in the United States.
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