A fire broke out on the Portuguese coast the Felicity Ac ro-ro wheel sank at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. After the fire, the crew abandoned the ship in time to escape, because many cars on board are new energy electric vehicles carrying lithium batteries, it is difficult to extinguish after a fire.
The fire appears to have been extinguished after a week of continuous burning, and rescue teams are expected to board the ship this week to assess the damage. But because of the rough sea and frequent waves in the sea, the lost power ship was tilted 45 degrees into the starboard side, and then the Felicity Ace car Ro-Ro sank about 220 nautical miles off the coast of the Portuguese Azores and took about 4,000 Volkswagens on board to the bottom of the sea. There are about 1,900 Audis, 1,100 Porsches, 500 Volkswagens, 189 Bentleys and 85 Lamborghinis on board, and the shipwreck caused about $438 million in damage.