Vape Pen Causes Small Fire as Passengers Board Plane
A small fire caused by an overheated vape pen battery delayed a Houston-bound flight from New York’s LaGuardia airport.
The incident occurred on Wednesday during the boarding of a SkyWest flight operating as a Delta Connection.
Video posted online shows a flight attendant using a fire extinguisher on a flaming bag, which was in an overhead storage bin.
A passenger, Rex Sakamoto of New York City, tells WCBS someone yelled “fire” and there was a smell “like a campfire.”
An airline statement says passengers “deplaned routinely” and continued on a different aircraft.
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