Hmm, I was under the impression that if there is a fire in/on an airplane, you should
1) Land IMMEDIATELY
2) Evac ASAP
As I mentioned, rumours indicate that the fire started during landing. Videos of the incident shows green taxiway lights leading to the airplane, possibly indicating the airplane being on the runway.
Lets see, shall we?
Swissair 111
The China Air incident
Valuejet
National Air in Jeddah
BA 777 in Vegas
Air Canada 797
British Airtours
Saudi Air 163
Concorde
I think you get my point...
Oh, look at this damage!
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...plane-fire.jpg