Narrative:

I was the pilot flying and just after V1 during rotation we heard a loud popping sound from the right side of the aircraft. Just after I observed the EPR roll back on engine 2 and engine 2 egt overlimit ECAM. I stated 'I have control and ATC; ECAM actions'; which said to reduce thrust under the limit. So we brought back thrust on # 2 engine. Maybe 20 sec after I spoke with the flight attendant as the first officer was continuing to get more ecams. The lead flight attendant said that they have a fire and an explosion in the rear of the aircraft. I said I would call back in a few minutes. At that point I switched from CTAF to departure control and [advised them]. I believe I told him we are having engine 2 issues and the flight attendant reported a fire on the right side of aircraft. I told him I want to divert to ZZZ. He ended up giving us vectors to runway xx after he offered yy. Runway xx was longer with an ILS. I believe I started the APU at this point. We also had some autoflight ecams. I called the flight attendant back and asked her about the fire. She stated the fas in the back had said there was fire but not currently sure. I said we would be landing in ZZZ in less the 5 min and we would be stopping on the runway to assess the situation about evacuating with regards to fire rescue. We ended up finally getting an engine 2 shut down ECAM which we accomplished. My biggest concern was to get the aircraft on the ground safely because of a possible fire. We landed shortly after on runway xx and stopped on the runway. Fire rescue took a good amount of time to assess the aircraft. They stated to me that they thought engine 2 to be still running. I looked at the eng 2 master and it was off so I pushed the engine 2 fire push button to make sure. During the assessment of the aircraft I spoke to the passengers and fas and told them at this time there was no visible fire but to please stay seated with seat belts on. A few min later with coordination with ZZZ tower we taxied to a remote area. We were then met with air stairs and busses took the passengers to the terminal. There were no injuries and the fas did a great job of keeping the passengers calm during the short 10 minute flight.

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Title: A320 flight crew reported a #2 engine failure just after rotation and successful diversion to a nearby airport.

Narrative: I was the pilot flying and just after V1 during rotation we heard a loud popping sound from the right side of the aircraft. Just after I observed the EPR roll back on engine 2 and ENG 2 EGT overlimit ECAM. I stated 'I have control and ATC; ECAM actions'; which said to reduce thrust under the limit. So we brought back thrust on # 2 engine. Maybe 20 sec after I spoke with the FA as the FO was continuing to get more ECAMs. The lead FA said that they have a fire and an explosion in the rear of the aircraft. I said I would call back in a few minutes. At that point I switched from CTAF to departure control and [advised them]. I believe I told him we are having engine 2 issues and the FA reported a fire on the right side of aircraft. I told him I want to divert to ZZZ. He ended up giving us vectors to runway XX after he offered YY. Runway XX was longer with an ILS. I believe I started the APU at this point. We also had some autoflight ECAMs. I called the FA back and asked her about the fire. She stated the FAs in the back had said there was fire but not currently sure. I said we would be landing in ZZZ in less the 5 min and we would be stopping on the runway to assess the situation about evacuating with regards to Fire Rescue. We ended up finally getting an ENG 2 shut down ECAM which we accomplished. My biggest concern was to get the aircraft on the ground safely because of a possible fire. We landed shortly after on Runway XX and stopped on the runway. Fire rescue took a good amount of time to assess the aircraft. They stated to me that they thought engine 2 to be still running. I looked at the Eng 2 master and it was off so I pushed the ENG 2 fire push button to make sure. During the assessment of the aircraft I spoke to the passengers and FAs and told them at this time there was no visible fire but to please stay seated with seat belts on. A few min later with coordination with ZZZ tower we taxied to a remote area. We were then met with air stairs and busses took the passengers to the terminal. There were no injuries and the FAs did a great job of keeping the passengers calm during the short 10 minute flight.

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