Smoke rises as a fire broke out on the cargo ship Fremantle Highway, at sea on July 26, 2023.Coastguard Netherlands/Reuters A cargo ship carrying 3,000 cars caught fire off the coast of the Netherlands. 23 crew members were evacuated but 1 person died. The ship is still on fire. The cause of the fire is unknown, but the incident is spurring concerns over fire risks from EVs. A massive cargo ship burning off the coast of the Netherlands is igniting concerns over fire risks from electric vehicles.The Fremantle Highway, a 656-foot Panama-flagged ship built in December 2013 was transporting 3,000 vehicles from Germany to Singapore when a fire broke out on Tuesday night just off the Dutch coast, according to Shoei Kisen Kaisha, the ship's Japanese owner.The Dutch Coast Guard said on its blog that 23 crew members were evacuated, but one person died.