A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Houston from New York's LaGuardia Airport had a fire interrupt the boarding process Wednesday.
As passengers were boarding SkyWest flight 3879, smoke appeared from a passenger's bag in an overhead bin.
"You could tell it was a very strong smell, smelled like a campfire at first,” passenger Rex Sakamoto, who shot the video, told WCBS. "Once I realized and someone yelled fire, it was startling like wow, I need to get off this plane right now."
A statement from Delta said the smoke was caused by an overheated battery pack inside the bag.
The vape pen started smoldering inside a bag after the device’s battery pack overheated.
Video shows a flight attendant quickly approaching the fire with a fire extinguisher and stopping the blaze from spreading.
No one appeared to be injured and the incident happened while the plane was on the ground.
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