Originally Posted by
Metro man
It's a question of priorities, getting the engine secured is the first. Climbing will certainly do you no harm where as delaying an important series of actions could.
Interesting. My carrier has always taught to get the flaps up and then deal with the fire, unless the engine is undergoing severe vibration and you have to shut it down for aircraft controllability.
As more than one sim check airman has told me..."the engine is out on the wing, and the fire is inside the engine. You're better off concentrating on aircraft control and terrain clearance for 90 seconds more, than screwing up the cleanup procedures, ECAM and terrain separation if you try to put out the fire in the initial climbout."