Cargo ship carrying 3,000 new vehicles sinks off Alaska weeks after catching fire

The cargo ship Morning Midas, carrying around 3,000 vehicles to Mexico, sank in the North Pacific near Alaska weeks after a fire disabled it. The 600‑foot vessel, operated by London‑based Zodiac Maritime, went down in deep waters off the Aleutian Islands after the crew abandoned ship due to an onboard fire on June 3. All 22 crew members were safely rescued. The ship contained over 1,800 metric tons of fuel but no pollution has been detected so far. Authorities are monitoring the area with pollution control vessels as a precaution, CBS News has reported. The cause of the fire, which may have involved electric vehicles, remains under investigation.