PLT RPT; S80; AT GATE; SMOKE IN ACFT; EVAC THROUGH FRONT DOOR AND REAR STAIRS. PAX DEPLOYED AND USED REAR GALLEY SLIDE. NO INJURIES.

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BECAUSE OF SMOKE IN THE ACFT; PAX WERE DEPLANED AT THE GATE BEFORE THE ENG STARTED. THE FORWARD ENTRY AND REAR STAIRS WERE USED. A PAX; ON HIS OWN; DEPLOYED AND USED THE REAR GALLEY SLIDE. NO INJURES WERE RPTED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT HE INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE COCKPIT; SO HE TURNED ALL THE ELECTRICAL PWR OFF. WHEN HE OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR; HE SAW ALL THIS SMOKE IN THE CABIN; SO HE TOLD THE LEAD FLT ATTENDANT TO GET THE PEOPLE OFF AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THE FLT ATTENDANT GRABBED A MEGAPHONE AND TOLD THE PAX TO GET OFF THE PLANE QUICKLY AND LEAVE THEIR BELONGINGS. THE CAPT HAD A RAMP PERSON OPEN THE AFT AIRSTAIRS FROM THE OUTSIDE (THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN BE OPENED AND LOWERED). 2 FLT ATTENDANTS WERE UP FRONT HERDING PEOPLE OFF AND ONE WAS IN THE BACK DEPLANING PEOPLE THROUGH THE AFT AIRSTAIRS. THE PAX WHO DEPLOYED THE GALLEY SLIDE WAS A FREQUENT FLYER WHO THOUGHT HE WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING. ABOUT 3 PEOPLE; BESIDES HIM; JUMPED DOWN THE SLIDE; SOME CARRYING THEIR BRIEFCASES; SUITCASES; ETC. THE WHOLE SIT STARTED WITH AN INOP APU; SO THEY WERE USING AN APU CART; WHICH WAS PROBABLY DISCONNECTED TOO QUICK; WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE SMOKE BECAUSE THEY LOST THE COOLING FANS ON THE PACKS. THE PLANE WAS TAKEN OTS AND PAX REROUTED.