Carnival Cruise Fire 2024. The carnival freedom cruise ship caught on fire saturday afternoon and was forced to cancel two upcoming cruises. A fire broke out in the exhaust funnel of the carnival freedom cruise ship near the bahamas on saturday, according to a news release.
Carnival cruise line put out several tweet replies regarding the incident they say happened at 3:15 et. Following a possible lightning strike that hit the port side of the iconic “whale tail” funnel on carnival freedom on saturday, march 23, causing a fire, the ship is able.