AN MD80 ON TAXI INTO GATE HAD CABIN ATTENDANTS RPT ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN FORWARD CABIN. AIRPLANE EVACUATED THROUGH FORWARD ENTRY DOOR.

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DEPLANING HAD ALREADY BEGUN. MOST OF FIRST CLASS HAD DEPLANED. THE CAPT GOT ON PA AND INFORMED PAX AND CREW THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE ACFT; AND TO GATHER THEIR BELONGINGS QUICKLY; AND EXPEDITE THE DEPLANING PROCESS. FLT ATTENDANTS HELPED THOSE PAX WHO NEEDED HELP GATHER THEIR BELONGINGS (ELDERLY AND PAX WITH CHILDREN). WE HEARD A SECOND PA TELLING US TO REALLY HURRY AND GET YOUR THINGS; AND GET OFF THE ACFT BEFORE SMOKE FILLED THE JET BRIDGE AREA. THEY ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT A HALON WAS BEING USED DOWNSTAIRS; AND THAT WAS THE STRANGE SMELL WE WERE ALL BEING EXPOSED TO. ALL PAX DEPLANED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FLT ATTENDANTS THEN MADE 1 FINAL CHK TO BE SURE ALL CABIN AREAS WERE CLR. OPENED BINS; CHKED LAVATORIES; ETC. WE THEN GATHERED OUR BELONGINGS AND EXITED THROUGH FORWARD ENTRY DOOR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE SMOKE WITH ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR WAS FILLING THE FORWARD CABIN JUST AS THEY WERE PARKING THE ACFT AND PREPARING TO OPEN THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR TO THE JET BRIDGE. THE RPTR SAID THE CAPT WAS ALERTED TO THE SMOKE; AND THE PAX WERE QUICKLY DEPLANED WITH THE CABIN ATTENDANTS' ASSISTANCE. THE RPTR STATED THAT DURING THE DEPLANING; A HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHER WAS DISCHARGED INTO THE LOWER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS COMPARTMENT; AND COULD BE SMELLED IN THE CABIN. THE RPTR SAID THE CAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL SMOKE WAS NOT RPTED TO THE CABIN CREW. THE RPTR STATED NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED BY THE PAX OR CREW.