Crew evacuated from vehicle carrier after fire offshore Adak, Alaska

A fire broke out on the vehicle carrier Morning Midas, the US Coast Guard reported on Wednesday June 4, as the vessel was sailing about 300 miles south of Adak in Alaska.Watchstanders at the seventeenth coast guard district command center received a distress alert on Tuesday at approximately 3:15 p.m. reporting a fire aboard the ship.

The US Coast Guard for the Alaska maritime region is reporting no injuries among the 22 crew aboard the carrier.

Watchstanders immediately issued an urgent marine information broadcast requesting assistance from vessels in the vicinity of the Morning Midas.

All 22 crew members evacuated the ship and were subsequently rescued by the crew of the motor vessel Cosco Hellas, one of the vessels on the scene, according to reports from the US Coast Guard on Wednesday.

The status of the fire is currently unknown, but smoke is still emanating from the vessel.

The vessel departed from Yantai, China on May 26 with destination Lázaro Cárdenas in Mexico where it was expected to arrive on June 15, according