Anchorage, Alaska - The crew of a cargo ship carrying 3,000 cars to Mexico, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned the ship on a boat on a water boat near the chain of Aleutian, Alaska.

London-based Zodiac Maritime said a lot of smoke was seen on the stern of the ship on Tuesday on deck, according to photos from the U.S. Coast Guard and the ship management company’s Wednesday statement.

No injuries were reported in the morning among the 22 crew members of Midas.

The crew gave up the ship, was evacuated to a lifeboat, and rescued by crew members of a nearby merchant ship named Cosco Hellas, the North Pacific, about 300 miles southwest of Adak Island. Adak is about 1,200 miles west of Anchorage, the largest city in the state.

The crew initiated emergency firefighting procedures through the onboard fire extinguishing system on board. But they can't control the flames.

"The authorities have been notified that we are working closely with emergency responders to deploying the tug to support salvage and fire operations," Zodiac Maritime said in a statement. "Our priority is to ensure the continued safety of the crew and protect the marine environment."

The U.S. Coast Guard said it sent crew to Adak and sent a boat to the area. According to the Coast Guard, the status of the fire on board was unclear as of Wednesday afternoon, but smoke still emanated.

Admiral Megan Dean, commander of the Coast Guard District 17, said in a statement that the Coast Guard is working with Sodiak Maritime to determine how the ship will be restored and what will be done.

"We thank the three nearby vessels for their selfless actions, who assisted the Response and motorcycle crewman Cosco Hellas, who helped save 22 lives," Dean said.

The 600-foot morning MIDAS is a car and truck carrier built in 2006 and sailed under the Liberian flag.

According to industry website Marinetraffic.com, the cars left Yantai, China on May 26. They were transported to Lazaro Cardenas, the main Pacific port of Mexico.

Earlier this month, a Dutch safety commission called for an emergency response to the deadly North Sea transport route in 2023, a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles, including nearly 500 electric vehicles from Germany to Singapore.

The fire killed one person, injured another, burned for a week, and the ship was eventually towed to a port in northern Netherlands for rescue.

The accident has increased attention to high sea safety issues and containers dropped from huge cargo planes, with sizes rising dramatically in recent decades. Now, over 80% of international trade by volume at sea, the largest container containers are longer than three football fields.