The US Coast Guard evacuated 22 crew members from a cargo ship fire in Alaska. The blaze broke out on the UK-flagged cargo vessel Morning Midas on Tuesday, June 3, approximately 300 miles southwest of Adak Island.

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a cargo ship that caught fire about 300 miles from Adak, Alaska, on Wednesday.

A 600-foot cargo ship that caught fire June 3 near the remote Aleutian island of Adak is still burning. The crew of the Morning Midas was rescued with no injuries, but the ship is adrift in the North Pacific with potentially hazardous cargo aboard.