”A sound was heard from the shelf inside the plane, followed by smoke” - testimony of a passenger on an Air Busan flight where a fire broke out (South Korea)

On the night of the 28th, a passenger on an Air Busan flight was reported to have caught fire from a baggage rack at the rear of the plane as the plane was leaving for Hong Kong from Gimhae Airport in Busan.
There was no emergency response at the time of the accident, and some passengers said they opened the emergency doors and deployed the emergency slides themselves to escape because a fire had broken out.
On the 29th, a passenger sitting in the rear seat of an Air Busan flight said, "I heard a crackling sound coming from my luggage in the overhead compartment."
"We heard a sound, then smoke," he said. The passenger added, "The flight attendant told us to stay seated and brought a fire extinguisher, but smoke was already rising and sparks were falling from the shelf."
He added, "As smoke began to fill the cabin, passengers sitting next to the emergency exits opened the doors, and the flight attendants opened the doors on the other side, and passengers began to evacuate." He added, "It was a very chaotic and scary situation.
"The passenger speculated that the "popping" sound was "something like an auxiliary battery or some kind of electronic device."
A couple in their 30s who were sitting near the shelf where the smoke was coming out said, "When the smoke started to come out, the flight attendant asked, 'Sir, what did you put in there?'
"When I first saw it, the fire was leaking out from between the cupboard doors," said a passenger in his 40s. "I tried to open the door to put out the fire, but the flight attendant...
"The driver told us not to open the door, so we didn't open it. The passengers were shouting and trying to get out in a state of confusion," he said, looking back on the situation at the time of the fire.
A passenger at the front of the plane said, "After everyone was seated and belted up, we heard a voice from the back saying, 'There's a fire!'
"There was no special information about the fire, and smoke was coming up to the front," he said. Some also pointed out the airline's response.
A pregnant passenger who was traveling to Hong Kong with a friend said, "Even though there was the Sewol ferry disaster and the Jeju plane disaster, the crew
"They told us to stay seated and tried to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher, but I couldn't understand why they tried," he said. "They didn't evacuate the passengers near the fire and told them to leave their luggage and leave."
"The fire on the Air Busan plane was completely put out after 1 hour and 16 minutes, and 170 passengers, including the crew, were killed.
A total of 176 people, including one flight attendant and one maintenance technician, and six crew members, escaped via the emergency slide. Three people sustained injuries, including bruises, during the escape.