A cargo carrier transporting hundreds of electric vehicles from China to Mexico is on fire off the United States, leading to fears over the dangers of the lithium batteries on board.
All 22 crew members of the vessel, the Morning Midas, have abandoned ship after they were unable to bring the fire under control. They were picked up by another cargo ship, the Cosco Hellas, from a lifeboat floating in the mid north Pacific, near the international date line between Japan and Alaska.
