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Burning ship carrying Porsches adrift near Azores without crew

Smoke billows from the Felicity Ace, which was carrying thousands of vehicles from Germany to the US.
Smoke billows from Felicity Ace, which was carrying thousands of vehicles from Germany to the US. Photograph: marinha.pt

A burning ship carrying almost 4,000 cars – including 1,100 Porsches – has been drifting in the mid-Atlantic after the vessel’s 22 crew members were evacuated, the Portuguese navy has said.

The ship Felicity Ace, which was carrying a number of Volkswagen Group vehicles from Germany to the US, caught fire near the Azores on Wednesday evening, a VW spokesperson said on Friday.

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