B737 first officer reported a lithium ion battery fire in passenger cabin during taxi at destination...

Attributes
ACN	1608013
Time
Date	201901
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 16000
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Electronic Device Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

After landing during taxi-in; cabin crew reported a battery fire in cabin. Ground control was notified. Communication with cabin determined that fire was out or contained and flight continued taxing in to gate with arff (airport rescue fire fighting) in support. At gate arff removed a backpack from cabin to ramp and then passengers were deplaned. Poorly designed and manufactured electronic devices in carry on luggage can be damaged during handling. Damaged devices and batteries can then become fire hazards due to thermal runaways. Cabin overhead bins and under seat storage areas packed with passengers carry on baggage shouldn't contain a potential ignition source as well. Ban vape devices in aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reported a Lithium Ion battery fire in passenger cabin during taxi at destination.

Narrative: After landing during taxi-in; cabin crew reported a battery fire in cabin. Ground Control was notified. Communication with cabin determined that fire was out or contained and flight continued taxing in to gate with ARFF (Airport Rescue Fire Fighting) in support. At gate ARFF removed a backpack from cabin to ramp and then passengers were deplaned. Poorly designed and manufactured electronic devices in carry on luggage can be damaged during handling. Damaged devices and batteries can then become fire hazards due to thermal runaways. Cabin overhead bins and under seat storage areas packed with passengers carry on baggage shouldn't contain a potential ignition source as well. Ban vape devices in aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.