Early Friday morning at Denver International Airport, unease spread among passengers of Southwest Airlines Flight 3316 bound for Houston when a cellphone combusted into flames while the aircraft was still stationed at the gate. As reported by Denver7, over 100 individuals were swiftly evacuated from the plane following the incident which occurred around 7 a.m.
Several sources confirm the nature of the emergency and the rapid response by the crew. According to a spokesperson from Southwest, the crew managed to quickly extinguish a fire that had also ignited a seat. 9News details that passengers seated at the back used the rear emergency slides while those in the front exited through the main door. The evacuation was not without consequence as one person whose cell phone caught fire was being treated for burns and another passenger sustained a minor injury in the process.
Moreover, the evacuation prompted by the fire did not significantly delay the journey for those aboard. Southwest Airlines assured that they are working to accommodate the evacuated passengers on another flight to Houston, as noted by The Denver Post. Flight tracking service FlightAware cited the revised departure, indicating a three-hour delay for the flight as of 10:15 a.m.
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