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  • EV-Fueled Inferno Forces Crew To Abandon Ship Carrying 3,000 Cars Across Pacific

    06/04/2025 10:14:26 AM PDT · by dennisw · 52 replies
    Jalopnik MSN ^ | 6 4 | Ryan Erik King
    If fire departments on land have problems unleashing the torrent of water needed to extinguish a single burning EV, the crew of a ship doesn't stand a chance against hundreds of flaming lithium-ion batteries. A cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles across the Pacific Ocean caught fire on Tuesday. The Morning Midas, a 600-foot cargo ship, was in the middle of a voyage from Yantai, China to Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico when the fire broke out. Zodiac Maritime, the ship's London-based operator, noted that smoke was first spotted on a deck carrying 800 electric vehicles. Once the blaze got out of...