Fatal fire aboard car carrier highlights training gaps among firefighters and increased concern over EVs

Damage from the 2023 Grande Costa D’Avorio fire. Below, a fire on board the ro-ro vessel Morning Midas, seen here on June 3, burned for nearly three weeks before the vessel sank off the coast of Alaska with its cargo of some 3,000 vehicles.
A fireboat helps to fight the blaze aboard Grande Costa D’Avorio in July 2023. When a fire broke o
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