A cargo ship and containers caught fire at the Port of Los Angeles on Friday night.

The Los Angeles Fire Department said an electrical fire started a little after 6:30 p.m. below deck of the container ship named 1 Henry Hudson. LAFD issued a shelter-in-place order for the area surrounding the fire, which was lifted at 6:30 a.m. Saturday.

"If you can smell it, you're going to want to stay indoors," LAFD Captain Adam Van Gerpen said.

The California Highway Patrol closed all lanes of the Vincent Thomas Bridge until 5:20 a.m. Saturday because of the fire. The U.S. Coast Guard also established a 1-nautical-mile safety zone around the vessel.

LAFD sent more than 120 firefighters to the docked ship as police and customs officers attempted to get the crew off the 1100-foot ship. Firefighters

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