Originally Posted by jasonvr

Anyone else on this flight? I was in Polaris and awoke to the sound of what I thought was someone spraying something like Axe body spray and a smell that made me think the FAs had burned breakfast. Once I sat up I saw the FAs frantically ripping the cushions off of 10G. Male FA had full arm length fireproof gloves on and they continued spraying fire extinguishers. Coworkers on the flight said that pax lost their phone and moved the seat, crushing the battery and starting the fire. They said the fire/smoke was going pretty good before the extinguishers (and I guess the first couple extinguishers didn't work for some reason). Ventilation system seems to have made quick work of it though since by the time I sat up I saw no smoke. We were about 1.5 hrs out of LHR< so not really anywhere to divert to if it had come to that (maybe DUB was a bit closer). FAs came around a bit after asking if anyone was having breathing problems. Don't know if they managed to extract the phone or not. In addition to the fireproof gloves, there was also a fireproof bag for the phone so it could be safely isolated.

Guess no one really does pay attention to the safety video anymore since not moving the seat is prominently called out.