Engine Fire put out before Landing at Kelowna BC

[ChrisVJ]

Even made the local news.
Q400 en route Kamloops to Calgary. Engine fire en route. Extinguished before landing safely at Kelowna. All emergency services called out.

https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/414154/WestJet-Kamloops-to-Calgary-flight-diverted-to-Kelowna-due-to-engine-failure#414154

[India Four Two]

Video of the right jet pipe, from ChrisVJ's link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeY_bY-W8Cw&t=2s

Is that a compressor stall or something else?

Interesting flightpath prior to landing at Kelowna:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x365/screen_shot_2023_03_02_at_4_29_30_pm_p3664358_43985c69146551 3797f732e7d991622888beab36.jpg

There are no airports east of Kelowna that would be suitable for a diversion, except in a dire emergency. The maximum MEA is 13,400'.

[dixi188]

Was that an engine fire or an engine failure? The fire detection system moniters the cowling area around the engine not inside the jet pipe. I think the jet pipe area has a fire wire around it so it may have triggered a fire warning. It's over 3 years since I worked on Q400s.
Either way, a safe outcome.

[RatherBeFlying]

Reminds me of DC-7 night climbouts. There was a glow from unburnt fuel, a result of rich mixture and turbocompounds.