CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B757; ORD-MIA. ENG FIRE ON TKOF. RETURN TO ORD.

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THE ACFT TAXIED FOR TKOF AND ALL SOUNDED FINE UNTIL WE STARTED OUR TKOF. THE ENGS DIDN'T SOUND AS IF THEY WERE AT FULL CAPACITY. ONCE OUR WHEELS WERE OFF THE GND; THE ACFT MADE A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND SOUNDED AS IF THE LNDG GEAR WAS HAVING TROUBLE. 2 PAX TURNED THEIR CALL LIGHTS ON AND A DEADHEADING FLT ATTENDANT QUICKLY RESPONDED AND REALIZED THE R ENG WAS ON FIRE. THE AFT FLT ATTENDANTS ADVISED THE COCKPIT; AND OUR ACFT SOON HEADED BACK FOR ORD. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THEY WERE ABOUT 100 FT OFF THE GND WHEN SHE HEARD WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS THE LNDG GEAR HAVING TROUBLE RETRACTING. THE 2 DEADHEADING FLT ATTENDANTS SAW THE ENG FIRE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PAX. WHEN NOTIFIED OF THE ENG FIRE; THE CAPT DID NOT TELL THEM TO PREPARE FOR AN EVAC; AND THEY HAD A NORMAL LNDG. THEY WERE MET BY INFLT SUPVRS; WHO WERE CONCERNED OF THE EMOTIONAL STATUS OF THE CABIN CREW AND THE PAX AND WERE LATER TOLD THAT IT WAS AN ENG BACKFIRE. THEY SWITCHED PLANES AND CONTINUED ON TO THEIR DEST.