Retired NYC firefighter Rocco Chierichella helps Spirit Airlines crew put out midair fireBy Yaron Steinbuch
March 3, 2023
Dramatic video captured the moment a retired New York City firefighter jumped in to help crew members frantically extinguish a smoky blaze aboard a Spirit Airlines flight.
Flight 259 was en route from Dallas to Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday afternoon when a passenger’s vaping-device battery caught fire in an overhead bin, an airline rep told CNN.
Former Bravest Rocco Chierichella, who was flying with his wife, told News 4 Jax that the plane started “to drop altitude, and somebody yelled, ‘Fire!’ ”
He said “smoke was billowing” out of the overhead bin, so he jumped to help the crew put out the flames, leaving him with burns on some fingers.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/03/03/former-nyc-bravest-helps-plane-crew-put-out-mid-air-fire/
