A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks after crew members abandoned ship when they couldn’t extinguish an onboard fire that left the carrier dead in the water.

Three weeks after a fire broke out on the ship off the coast of Alaska, the Morning Midas sank, along with thousands of cars on board.

The car carrier Morning Midas, which caught fire on June 3, has capsized and sunk in international waters, approximately 450 miles southwest of Adak, Alaska. The U.S. Coast Guard said it was notified