A cargo ship carrying new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean on Monday, June 3 following an earlier unresolved onboard fire. The Morning Midas, a 600-foot vessel under Liberian registry, went down in the waters off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain after sustaining fire damage and taking on water during bad weather.
The fire broke out and forced all 22 crew members to evacuate. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. The ship was around 300 miles southwest of Adak Island when the fire was reported.
“There is no visible pollution,” said Petty Officer Cameron Snell, spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska. “Right now we also have vessels on scene to respond to any pollution.”
The Morning Midas was transporting approximately 3,000 new vehicles when it sank.