Delta B763 near Los Angeles on Jul 11th 2014, engine fire

A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N139DL performing flight DL-101 from Los Angeles,CA to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 200 passengers and 8 crew, was climbing through FL190 out of Los Angeles when the crew received a fire indication for the left hand engine, performed the related checklists and shut the engine down. The fire indication extinguished upon engine shut down, hence no fire agents were discharged. The crew stopped the climb at about FL205 and returned to Los Angeles for a safe landing about 15 minutes later.

The NTSB released brief preliminary information on Oct 23rd 2014 stating, that maintenance found heat damage, scorching and sooting inside the engine. The NTSB is investigating the occurrence and had investigators travel for the investigation.