Crew and passengers are protected after a hearth broke out on a Carnival cruise ship at Grand Turk, within the Turks and Caicos islands, on Thursday morning.

The ship, the Carnival Freedom, had departed Port Canaveral, Florida, on Monday for a five-day cruise.

"Carnival Freedom's emergency response staff shortly activated and extinguished a hearth contained in the ship's funnel whereas the ship was in Grand Turk," Carnival stated in a press release offered to Newsweek on Thursday. "All visitors and crew are protected, and the ship's visitors have been cleared by native authorities to go ashore. We proceed to evaluate the scenario."

Twitter customers posted images and movies of the hearth.

Massive Fire Breaks Out on Carnival Ship
A hearth broke out on a Carnival cruise ship docked within the Turks and Caicos islands on Thursday morning. Above, a Carnival cruise ship is moored at a quay within the port of Miami, Florida, on December 23, 2020.Daniel Slim

One video shared by consumer @SantaPanda39 reveals what look like passengers on a close-by ship watching the hearth. It may be seen burning throughout the funnel on high of the ship with darkish smoke billowing into the air.

Person @AirborneJM posted a collection of images of the hearth, together with one which reveals crew members working to place it out.

"Carnival Freedom caught fireplace in Grand Turk whereas docked this morning. Praying there are not any accidents and everybody will probably be protected. #carnival#fireplace#grandturk," they wrote.

"There was a hearth this morning on board a Carnival cruise ship docked in Grand Turk, #TurksandCaicos," Jacqueline Charles, a correspondent for the Miami Herald, tweeted on Thursday. "Figuring out how tiny Grand Turk is I do know the panic amongst of us once they noticed the smoke."

Earlier this week, in a separate incident, the Coast Guard stated that some passengers aboard a Carnival cruise ship heading to Norfolk, Virginia, reported they have been feeling ailing after smelling chemical fumes.

In current months, Carnival has seen a spike in reserving following the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention's (CDC) determination to rescind its COVID-19 advisory for cruise journey in late March.

On the time, the CDC stated that it is as much as passengers to find out their very own dangers earlier than embarking on a cruise.

"Whereas cruising will all the time pose some danger of COVID-19 transmission, vacationers will make their very own danger evaluation when selecting to journey on a cruise ship, very similar to they do in all different journey settings," the company stated in a press release.

In April, Carnival famous a document week for reserving.

"The thrill of the trade's restart, our profitable return of our complete fleet, the visitor response to Mardi Gras, our loyal visitor response to our fiftieth birthday this yr, the help of our journey advisor companions — and naturally, the wonderful work of our Carnival staff — have all contributed to the sturdy demand we're seeing, and this record-breaking reserving week," Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, stated in a press release.