Rat, that wasn't an engine fire and certainly not an "explosion" so in all probability no fire warnings and no bottles. It was an ornery engine "failure", ie surge or stall where the fire that's meant to stay inside the engine momentarily escapes to places it shouldn't oughta be. Indications on the flight deck are one or more banging noises or woompfs and as the aircraft yaws off the centreline the rapidly changing ratio of tarmac to grass in the windscreen is a big attention getter. If you had the spare capacity you'd see a major rise in EGT and excursions in N1 and N2 or EPR plus a powerful and all-pervading impression that things just aren't going quite as they should. A slow speed asymmetric reject like that is the more difficult one to control in yaw and can cause biiig deviations from the centreline as there is no aerodynamic help from the rudder (plus, as said above, it's meant to happen at V1 not on the piano keys and can take people by surprise). Procedure is to stop on the grey stuff, not the green and preferably still facing the original direction of travel, shut down the engine and extract the seat cushion from whence it is clenched while wondering briefly if any of this was your fault. An external check for further signs of fire or severe damage leading to leaks/debris being spread around certainly might be a good idea but if there's a fire you'll soon know about it - the aeroplane, cabin crew or the radio will tell you. Then taxi back on the other engine, tell some mild fibs to the pax and return to hotel for tea and medals.
Last edited by Wageslave; 20th Aug 2016 at 10:26.