The crew of a cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles, including 800 EVs, abandoned it off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday.

All crew members are safe after a fire broke out aboard a cargo ship south of Alaska's Adak Island. The ship was carrying 3,000 vehicles, including nearly 800 electric vehicles, bound for Mexico.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it would allow the fire to burn because the cars’ lithium-ion batteries could explode. The ship’s crew escaped on a lifeboat.