B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 107; Flight Crew Total 3873; Flight Crew Type 266
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
While in ETOPS cruise at night; flight attendants reported a fire in one of the rear galley ovens. They put out the fire using the water extinguisher and reported the incident to the flight deck. I personally was on break and returned to duty at the normal time; just a few minutes after the incident. I noticed no smoke or odors in the flight crew rest area or front part of the airplane. Smoke checklist was performed and after consultation with Dispatch; Maintenance Control and Chief Pilot; it was decided to safely press to destination.
During cruise; about halfway into the flight; the Flight Attendants called from the aft galley to say that one of the ovens was smoking heavily. They called back to say that there were flames in the oven and that they had used the fire extinguisher to put out the fire and also turned the power off to that oven. They asked permission to pull the circuit breaker for the oven. I gave them permission to pull the circuit breaker and to keep us apprised of the situation and to give us updates. We immediately notified dispatch and maintenance. The Flight Attendants called back a few minutes later to say that the fire was definitely out; there was a red glow inside the oven from residual heat; the smoke had dissipated; and that the oven was cooling off. They kept watch over the oven and it was cooling off rapidly. There was no further incident. When I went on my break; about thirty minutes later; I went to the back to check the status of the oven. The oven was cool and the Flight Attendants continued their watch over the oven until we landed. Upon landing; a Mechanic came to inspect the oven and he suspected a grease fire on the aft fan of of the oven. He gave me an engineering smoke/fumes questionnaire to fill out; which I did.The Flight Attendants did a great job taking care of the situation and I was very impressed with how they handled the situation.
Flight Crew reported that the Flight Attendants reported an aft galley oven fire and were able to successfully extinguish the fire; allowing the flight to land safely at destination airport.