Firefighters doused a Carnival cruise ship that burst into flame while docked in Grand Turk on Thursday.

Footage shows the officers spraying the Carnival Freedom's funnel as it churned out dark smoke in the Turks and Caicos Islands on May 26.

The ship had departed from Port Canaveral in Florida on Monday for a five-day trip and was expected to return on Saturday.

A Carnival spokesperson said in a statement that no one was injured in the incident since the fire was immediately extinguished.

The company said: 'There are 2504 guests and 972 crew on board. Carnival Conquest’s next cruise, departing May 27 from Miami has been cancelled and that ship will be deployed to Grand Turk to transport Freedom guests back to Port Canaveral.

'Carnival Conquest will arrive to Grand Turk on Saturday, May 28, and guests aboard Carnival Freedom will transfer to Carnival Conquest for the voyage back to Port Canaveral, arriving on Monday, May 30.'

The cause of the fire is still unclear.

Meanwhile, Carnival has issued an apology to the affected guests, and said the Carnival Freedom will be taken to Freeport in the Bahamas for repairs.