A DC9 parked at the gate declared an emergency due to a report from the ground crew of a fire in the APU area. Aircraft was evacuate/evacuationed and APU area checked and found no evidence of fire. APU operation ok.

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Attributes
ACN	404146
Time
Date	199805
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : msy
State Reference	LA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : preflight
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	404146
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	aircraft : equipment problem dissipated flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Prior to starting the APU ground personnel reported that we had a fire in the APU area. We had no indications of fire. I placed the APU fire control to 'off and agent arm' and turned off all fuel pumps. Ground personnel then reported that there were no further indications of fire. No fire bottles were discharged. Passenger were deplaned through the forward entry door. Maintenance checked the APU and could not find any evidence of a fire. APU started and ran normally.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9 PARKED AT THE GATE DECLARED AN EMER DUE TO A RPT FROM THE GND CREW OF A FIRE IN THE APU AREA. ACFT WAS EVACED AND APU AREA CHKED AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. APU OP OK.

Narrative: PRIOR TO STARTING THE APU GND PERSONNEL RPTED THAT WE HAD A FIRE IN THE APU AREA. WE HAD NO INDICATIONS OF FIRE. I PLACED THE APU FIRE CTL TO 'OFF AND AGENT ARM' AND TURNED OFF ALL FUEL PUMPS. GND PERSONNEL THEN RPTED THAT THERE WERE NO FURTHER INDICATIONS OF FIRE. NO FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED. PAX WERE DEPLANED THROUGH THE FORWARD ENTRY DOOR. MAINT CHKED THE APU AND COULD NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF A FIRE. APU STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY.

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.