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Cargo ship carrying 3,000 new vehicles sinks off Alaska weeks after catching fire

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The Morning Midas sank Monday in international water off Alaska 's Aleutian Islands chain.

The ship was loaded with about 3,000 new vehicles intended for a major Pacific port in Mexico .

The Coast Guard said it received a distress alert June 3 about a fire aboard the ship.

A salvage crew arrived days after the fire disabled the vehicle.

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