Overview

• The fire broke out on Tuesday on a deck loaded with electric vehicles and remained uncontrolled as of Wednesday.
• All 22 crew members abandoned ship safely in lifeboats and were transferred to a nearby merchant vessel with no reported injuries.
• The Morning Midas was carrying about 3,000 vehicles—including roughly 800 electric models—from Yantai, China, en route to Lazaro Cárdenas, Mexico.
• The US Coast Guard dispatched aircrews and a cutter ship, and a tugboat has been deployed to support firefighting and salvage operations.
• Investigators are probing the blaze’s cause and assessing environmental impacts, underscoring challenges in transporting electric vehicles by sea.