NYT > U.S. News Cargo Ship Carrying Electric Vehicles Burns Off Alaska Par :Francesca Regalado 5 juin 2025 à 02:59 The U.S. Coast Guard said it would allow the fire to burn because the cars’ lithium-ion batteries could explode. The ship’s crew escaped on a lifeboat. © U.S. Coast Guard, via Associated PressSmoke rising from the cargo vessel Morning Midas in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.