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‘Almost impossible to extinguish’: Electric car fires and the risk they pose to ships
Despite a spate of devastating fires, electric vehicles are not any more dangerous to transport than petrol-powered cars.
Cargo ship carrying 3,000 new cars sinks after it catches fire
A cargo ship that had been hauling 3,000 new cars caught fire and sank in the North Pacific Ocean. The Morning Midas sank ...
Massive Ship Carrying 3,000 Cars Sinks After Fire
A ship carrying over 3,000 vehicles, including hundreds of EVs, caught fire and sank in deep waters. A cargo ship loaded with ...
Cargo Ship That Caught Fire Carrying Electric Vehicles Sinks in the Pacific
Three weeks after a fire broke out on the ship off the coast of Alaska, the Morning Midas sank, along with thousands of cars ...
Ship transporting thousands of cars sinks in Pacific after fire, raising concerns about EV batteries
A ship holding thousands of cars sank in the Pacific Ocean on Monday, weeks after a fire broke out on a deck that was holding ...
Tampa Free Press on MSN2d
16 Vehicles Ablaze: Electric Cars Among Dozen-Plus Incinerated In Rapid-Spreading Florida Fire
Quick-Thinking Crews Contain Blaze in Mere Minutes, Averting Larger Disaster A swift-moving fire engulfed approximately 16 ...
Cargo ship carrying new vehicles to Mexico sinks in the North Pacific weeks after catching fire
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks ...
The New York Sun3d
Burning Car Carrier Sinks in Pacific With Hundreds of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Aboard
Mr. Funk was the managing editor of Pleroma Media, and worked as a breaking news reporter at The Messenger after spending 25 ...
The Western Journal on MSN1d
EV Driver Awoke to Find Dashboard in Flames, Dread Turns to Horror When the Car's App Refuses to Let Him Exit
An electric vehicle nearly proved to be an actual death trap for one collegiate basketball recruit. Alijah Arenas -- son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas -- found himself in panic mode last April ...
WVNS-TV on MSN1d
Can a plastic water bottle set your car on fire?
It would not be uncommon to see a few empty or half-filled plastic bottles of water in someone’s car. But could those bottles ...
Mexico News Daily1d
Cargo ship carrying 3,000 Chinese cars to Mexico sinks in the Pacific
A cargo ship carrying 3,048 new Chinese vehicles to Mexico sank in the Pacific Ocean on June 23 after fire disabled the ...
Cargo ship carrying 3,000 cars sinks off Alaska weeks after catching fire
A cargo ship carrying 3,000 new vehicles sank in the North Pacific off the coast of Alaska several weeks after catching fire ...