On board the vessel are about three thousand cars, including about eight hundred electric ones. The fire broke out in the stern and covered the whole ship, which now drifts east in two hundred twenty naval miles from the coast. The coast guard began operation to assess the threat and extinguishing a fire, additional rescue forces were sent to the ship. While the fuel spill is not fixed, the weather conditions are stable.
The coastal protection of the United States is working to liquidate the fire on the Morning Midas vessel, transporting a large batch of cars. According to preliminary data, there are about three thousand cars on board, including about eight hundred copies with electric power plants. The ship drifts east in the area south of Alaska, in two hundred twenty sea miles from the coast.
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The first rescue vessel has already arrived at the scene and conducts an initial assessment of the scale of fire and the environment. Over the next two weeks, two more ships will join him. It was established that the focus of the fire arose in the stern and spread to the entire car car. Despite the strong wind up to twenty -five meters per second and waves up to 1.8 meters, the ship retains stability and did not give a fuel spill.
A similar incident has already happened in 2023. Then, in the waters of Vietnam, the AH Shin cargo ship caught fire, which was directed from South Korea and transported about four and a half thousand new Cheri cars. Among them were also electric cars, which complicated the fight against fire. The signal of smoke was received on February 4, but managed to cope with the fire only by the evening of the next day. All cars on board were completely destroyed.
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