Passenger's Backpack Catches Fire At Mineta San Jose Airport
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) -- A backpack that caught on fire near a boarding gate at Mineta San Jose International Airport was quickly extinguished Wednesday evening, an airport spokeswoman said Thursday.
The backpack belonged to a passenger waiting near Gate 22 at Terminal B and caught fire around 6 p.m., airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes said.
Firefighters, police officers and airport operations staff responded to the area and quickly put out the flames with a nearby extinguisher, Barnes said.
Fire crews determined the blaze started with a reaction between the passenger's AA batteries and copper jewelry in the backpack, Barnes said.
No injuries were reported, she said.
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