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Furthermore several aircraft reported an engine afterburner fire on the immediate part of the take off run
Looking at the
BEA report, it says on P77 that "The primary and secondary nozzles showed no signs of overheat on any of the engines"; on page 122 "It should, however, be noted that no traces of fire were discovered during the examination of the engines" and on page 134 "The observations and examinations carried out on the four engines brought to light no malfunction of any of their basic equipment or components, or any indication of any behaviour outside of the certificated norms. None of them showed any signs of overheat or overspeed prior to the impact with the ground."
I can't find any mention in the report of other aircraft reporting an afterburner fire. Then again, I could have missed it.