Galley fire on ground quickly extinguished by flight crew.

Attributes
ACN	267827
Time
Date	199404
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lga
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pdx
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	267827
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Contained galley fire during pushback lga. Fire bottle used with rapid results. Evacuate/evacuationed minor smoke result through cockpit windows. Cause: paper left in oven with meals when cooking started. No injuries or equipment damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GALLEY FIRE ON GND QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED BY FLC.

Narrative: CONTAINED GALLEY FIRE DURING PUSHBACK LGA. FIRE BOTTLE USED WITH RAPID RESULTS. EVACED MINOR SMOKE RESULT THROUGH COCKPIT WINDOWS. CAUSE: PAPER LEFT IN OVEN WITH MEALS WHEN COOKING STARTED. NO INJURIES OR EQUIP DAMAGE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.