B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 137
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Aircraft Equipment Problem Dissipated; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors
I received a call from the Purser that they had an e-cig (e-cigarette) overheat/explode in seat pocket. He said a non-rev Captain who was seated in area removed the passengers from row and sprayed the seat pocket with a halon fire extinguisher. The Purser said the e-cig was put in a thermal containment bag. The situation was contained but there was some residual smoke in the cabin. We did memory items for Smoke; Fire and Fumes checklist and gave Pilot Flying duties to First Officer. I went to QRC that directed us to QRH. We ran the Smoke; Fire and Fumes checklist and then the Smoke and Fumes removal checklist. I called back to Purser and was told that the smoke had cleared. I then talked to our non-rev Captain. He said he heard a loud pop and saw a flash. He immediately cleared the passengers and sprayed the seat pocket area with a Halon that a flight attendant handed him. He said the whole event lasted less then 3 minutes. I asked him in his opinion did we need to divert or continue. He said the situation was contained and he felt it was safe to continue. I also asked the Purser the same question. The purser said it was safe to continue. They had moved the passengers to empty seats. I contacted Dispatch and explained what had happened. I told the Dispatcher I was continuing to ZZZ unless he or the company wanted us to divert. He checked and said to continue to ZZZ. We continued to ZZZ without any further issues.
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B-737 flight crew reported a small fire due to an overheated e-cigarette in cabin which was quickly extinguished by a deadheading Captain. Flight subsequently completed an uneventful trip to destination.