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

Last Tuesday, the Morning Midas cargo ship caught fire and is still burning. The 600-foot carrier, with over 3000 vehicles on board, was en route from Yantai, China, to Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico. The fire broke out when the ship was 340 miles southwest of Adak,

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a cargo ship that caught fire about 300 miles from Adak, Alaska, on Wednesday.