HONOLULU, HAWAII — A Panamanian car carrier ship was traveling from Japan to Hawaii when a fire suddenly broke out on the cargo ship on New Year's Eve.<br />The 650-foot vessel Sincerity Ace was around 2,000 miles northwest of Oahu at the time of the incident, Hawaii News Now reports.<br />The Coast Guard, the Navy and two other commercial vessels rushed to the car carrier and managed to rescue 16 out of 21 crew members.<br />The ship remains adrift at sea while rescuers rush to save the remaining crew members.<br />Two crew members are still missing, while three others were located in the water and found unresponsive and "unable to grab onto life-saving equipment," according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.<br />Rescuers are currently dealing with winds of up to 17 miles-per-hour and waves of up to 15 to 18 feet in length.<br />In a statement, the Coast Guard did not specify what caused the fire on the car carrier.
