I am not a pilot, so unlike Alex Whittingham, I am not going to offer my expertise on a piloting issue I am obviously not qualified to talk about. What I can offer is only what I have heard "from a reliable source".
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The aircraft was going down the runway and the captain was contacted by the tower to say that there was fire / smoke coming from an engine (dunno which one), and the captain decided to abort takeoff. - Hence the blown tyres.
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