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22 crew members safe after fire aboard cargo ship carrying electric vehicles off Alaska
AP via yahoooooo ^ | 6-4-25 | MARK THIESSEN

Posted on 06/04/2025 11:51:35 AM PDT by dynachrome

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 in waters off Alaska's Aleutian island chain.

Smoke was initially seen coming from the deck loaded with electric vehicles Tuesday, according to a Wednesday statement from the ship’s management company, London-based Zodiac Maritime.

There were no reported injuries among the 22 crew members of the Morning Midas.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; China; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: alaska; ccp; china; chinesejunk; electricvehicles; fire; mexico; ship
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Polluting da ocean! ban them!
1 posted on 06/04/2025 11:51:35 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

How do the currents move from there?


2 posted on 06/04/2025 11:54:22 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: dynachrome

One thing is for certain, they weren’t Teslas. It would have been in the headline.


3 posted on 06/04/2025 11:55:10 AM PDT by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: ryderann

South right past Vancouver, California all the way down the Pacific coast to South America.


4 posted on 06/04/2025 12:04:10 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: dynachrome

A battery is a fuel tank and an oxidizer tank, right next to each other, separated by a membrane a fraction of an inch thick.


5 posted on 06/04/2025 12:08:03 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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One thing is for certain, they weren’t Teslas. It would have been in the headline.

They must be BYD. Lots of them are burning in China. People there who bought BYD can't get insurance for them.

6 posted on 06/04/2025 12:13:07 PM PDT by roadcat ( )
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To: dynachrome

A Chinese shipment sailing under a Liberian flag from China to Mexico starts on fire off the Aleutians. Is that a typical route?


7 posted on 06/04/2025 12:14:10 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: dynachrome

Wow. If only they had followed my method for EVs on those large ferries. Have a large, flat barge that you tow behind the ferry. All of the EVs have to park on the barge that the ferry tows. If, when, they start burning simply cut the tow line.

Meanwhile, in Morro Bay, Kalifornia, the Wizards of Smart are dealing with a laaaaarge battery fire that does not float, although they probably wish they could submerge and hide it. It ignited twice, and now they have to deal with the massive amount of toxicity as they clean, demolish their “bright idea.”

The links below are fascinating examples of the insanity they brought to themselves. The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) would be hilarious if not for the seriousness of the situation.

https://www.readymontereycounty.org/recover/moss-landing-battery-facility-recovery-dashboard-2025

https://www.readymontereycounty.org/emergency/2025-moss-landing-vistra-power-plant-fire/moss-landing-fire-faqs


8 posted on 06/04/2025 12:23:58 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: dynachrome

This is probably worse than the Exxon Valdez.


9 posted on 06/04/2025 12:24:58 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: Steely Tom

“A battery is a fuel tank and an oxidizer tank, right next to each other, separated by a membrane a fraction of an inch thick.”

Compared to gasoline, which it inflammable until it has oxygen to combine with. Those batteries are self-contained semi-explosives.


10 posted on 06/04/2025 12:28:50 PM PDT by cymbeline
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To: woodbutcher1963

Thank you. Lots of pollution to our west coast.


11 posted on 06/04/2025 12:29:11 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: johniegrad

TBF this isn’t really that suspicious and *probably* is actually just an accident due to poorly made Chinese EVs catching fire.


12 posted on 06/04/2025 12:29:37 PM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (I'd rather have one king 3000 miles away that 3000 kings one mile away)
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To: dynachrome

Probably STOLEN automobiles to Mexico...


13 posted on 06/04/2025 12:37:57 PM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: dynachrome

Will this be covered by an insurance claim?


14 posted on 06/04/2025 12:46:12 PM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: johniegrad

Yes. A great circle route.


15 posted on 06/04/2025 12:51:07 PM PDT by NavyShoe
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To: ryderann

Mobile land mines.

Ban them. Let them blow up in China.


16 posted on 06/04/2025 12:56:54 PM PDT by Surrounded_too (LE)
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To: johniegrad

Seems odd, doesn’t it?


17 posted on 06/04/2025 1:08:10 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: logi_cal869; NavyShoe

NavyShoe pointed out it is a typical route. Must be that the currents make it cost effective by reducing fuel consumption.


18 posted on 06/04/2025 1:13:49 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: dynachrome

The headline should have said another ship is burning.


19 posted on 06/04/2025 1:18:50 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III
Have a large, flat barge that you tow behind the ferry.

Run a steam engine. As an electric vehicle catches on fire, you can harness the energy to turn water into steam to propel the ship.

20 posted on 06/04/2025 1:38:05 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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