Engine fire warning -- in-flight fire.

Attributes
ACN	295428
Time
Date	199501
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mdw
State Reference	IL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 245 flight time total : 4875 flight time type : 975
ASRS Report	295428
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

At 6000 ft 1 engine fire warning sounded. We shut the engine down and declared an emergency and were vectored by approach and departure control for a single engine ILS and landing at midway without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ENG FIRE WARNING -- INFLT FIRE.

Narrative: AT 6000 FT 1 ENG FIRE WARNING SOUNDED. WE SHUT THE ENG DOWN AND DECLARED AN EMER AND WERE VECTORED BY APCH AND DEP CTL FOR A SINGLE ENG ILS AND LNDG AT MIDWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.