For some reasons, I have to think of the old steam ships when reading this proposal. A century ago, a smouldering fire in the coal bunkers was considered no cause for concern. It was deemed sufficient to just use up the coal from the affected bunker first, and until then the fire was considered well contained within the ships structure. For example, the Titanic
seems to have sailed under such circumstances.
Should technology really have progressed so little in the last century?