COCKED NOSE ON XWIND LNDG BLEW NOSE TIRES. RIMS GRINDING ON RWY CAUSED TIRE TO BURN; ACFT WAS STOPPED AND SHUT DOWN. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND ACFT TOWED TO GATE.

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OUR DEST WAS AT DETROIT CITY ARPT. WE SHOT THE ILS APCH TO RWY 33. THE WIND WAS 180 DEGS AT 60 KTS AT 3000 FT. AND AT THE SURFACE THERE WAS A GOOD XWIND 230 DEGS AT 16 KTS GUSTING 25 KTS. WE HAD MODERATE TURB THE WHOLE WAY DOWN ON THE ILS. AS WE TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 33 WE HAD THE AIRPLANE CRABBED INTO THE WIND TO KEEP FROM DRIFTING OFF THE RWY. AS WE TOUCHED THE NOSEWHEEL DOWN; IT WAS NOT POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN THE RWY AND IT GRABBED ON THE RWY. BOTH TIRES BLEW OUT. WE HELD THE NOSEWHEEL OFF AS LONG AS WE COULD. BUT; TWR ADVISED US THAT WE HAD SPARKS FROM UNDERSIDE THE AIRPLANE. A QUICK CHK CONFIRMED THAT THE GEAR WAS STILL DOWN AND LOCKED. AS WE BEGAN TO TAXI OFF THE RWY; TWR ADVISED US THAT WE HAD A FIRE UNDER THE NOSE. WE STOPPED THERE AND SHUT DOWN AND IT WAS THE RUBBER TIRE THAT WAS BURNING. AS A CREW THIS WAS THE END OF OUR DUTY DAY; BUT; I FEEL IT HAD NO FACTOR AS TO THE OUTCOME OF EVENTS. WE COULD HAVE MAYBE PERFORMED A GAR AND SHOT THE APCH AGAIN. BUT; THE WIND WAS GUSTING ALL DAY. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: EXTENT OF ACFT DAMAGE WAS BLOWN TIRES AND RIMS GROUND DOWN. BECAUSE OF RIMS GRINDING ON THE LNDG ROLLOUT; A FIRE RESULTED; ACFT WAS STOPPED ON RWY; FIRE CREW EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND THE ACFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RWY. ARPT WAS CLOSED FOR THE DURATION OF THE INCIDENT. RPTR WAS ASKED WHY HE DIDN'T LAND ON RWY 25 WHEN THE WIND WAS STRONG AND GUSTING FROM 230 DEGS. HE SAID HE CHOSE RWY 33 BECAUSE IT WAS LONGER AND HE THINKS PERHAPS RWY 25 WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME.