Narrative:

While starting the #2 engine, we noticed that the engine was not accelerating properly, accompanied with a rapid rise in egt. The start was then aborted. While assessing the situation, our ramp personnel signaled we had a fire. We extinguished the fire and evacuate/evacuationed the aircraft in accordance with company procedure. Both passenger and flight crew members were evacuate/evacuationed without injury. We called the fire trucks as a precautionary measure and then notified the company of the situation. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter states that there was no fire warning sounded as the fire was internal to the engine. There was a failure of the automatic starting sequence controller that ignited some fuel, then shut itself off. The reporter fired the fire bottles. There were no injuries on evacuate/evacuation and no damage.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INTERNAL ENG FIRE ON THE RAMP.

Narrative: WHILE STARTING THE #2 ENG, WE NOTICED THAT THE ENG WAS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY, ACCOMPANIED WITH A RAPID RISE IN EGT. THE START WAS THEN ABORTED. WHILE ASSESSING THE SIT, OUR RAMP PERSONNEL SIGNALED WE HAD A FIRE. WE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND EVACED THE ACFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY PROC. BOTH PAX AND FLC MEMBERS WERE EVACED WITHOUT INJURY. WE CALLED THE FIRE TRUCKS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND THEN NOTIFIED THE COMPANY OF THE SIT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATES THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE WARNING SOUNDED AS THE FIRE WAS INTERNAL TO THE ENG. THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC STARTING SEQUENCE CTLR THAT IGNITED SOME FUEL, THEN SHUT ITSELF OFF. THE RPTR FIRED THE FIRE BOTTLES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ON EVAC AND NO 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.