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

Fire erupts on a cargo ship carrying 3,000 electric vehicles off Alaska’s coast. The US Coast Guard had to let the vessel burn off for more than 24 hours

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 aboard the vessel in waters off Alaska’s Aleutian island chain.