BERLIN/LISBON -- A ship carrying around 4,000 vehicles -- including Volkswagens, Porsches, Audis, Bentleys and Lamborghinis -- that caught fire near the coast of the Azores will be towed to another European country or the Bahamas, the captain of the nearest port told Reuters on Friday.
Lithium-ion batteries in the EVs on board the ship named Felicity Ace have caught fire and the blaze requires specialist equipment to extinguish, captain Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas said.
It was not clear whether the batteries first sparked the fire.