The electrical fire first sparked late Friday on the lower decks of a hulking container ship docked in the Port of Los Angeles. Within hours, flames had torn through dozens of shipping containers and threatened to consume hazardous materials aboard, prompting a shelter-in-place order for the neighborhoods surrounding the country’s busiest seaport.

By this morning, the burning ship — the ONE Henry Hudson — had been moved farther offshore, past the port’s breakwater, according to Adam VanGerpen, a fire captain and spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department. All 23 crew members were safely evacuated, with no injuries reported.

The shelter-in-place order had also been lifted.

The Port of Los Angeles said that the fire had been “substantially contained” by midday today. But fire boats

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