Vape Pen Causes Fire on Boarding Plane

The fire was caused by an overheated vape pen battery.

A screenshot taken from a video posted online right before a flight attendant uses a fire extinguisher on a flaming bag.
A screenshot taken from a video posted online right before a flight attendant uses a fire extinguisher on a flaming bag.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 s 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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