A Carnival Cruise Line ship caught on fire Thursday morning near Grand Turk island, leaving passengers stranded before a new one arrives, said company officials.
In a statement, the company wrote that its “emergency response team quickly activated and extinguished a fire inside the ship’s funnel. All guests and crew are safe, and all other ship, hotel, and guest services, along with safety equipment are fully functioning.”
“While the majority of Carnival Freedom’s guests went ashore in Grand Turk today,” the firm added, “Carnival’s technical team completed an initial assessment of the funnel and related features, and the shoreside team completed a plan to get our guests back to Port Canaveral.”…