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.<br/>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.<br/>
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https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/02/14/us/ap-us-airplane-overhead-bin-fire.html
2/14/19