AN AIRBUS; AFTER LANDING AT DEN; FOUND AT GATE ARRIVAL THEY HAD A BRAKE FIRE THAT WAS EXTINGUISHED BY GROUND PERSONNEL.

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FLT LNDG DEN RWY 35L. APCH SPDS WERE REVISED 3 TIMES BY ATC 'MAINTAIN 210 KTS; THEN INCREASE TO 250 KTS' AND FINALLY; 'MAINTAIN 170 KTS OR BETTER TO THE MARKER' ALL WITHIN 25 NM TO THE RWY. THE WX WAS RPTED RAIN SHOWERS; TSTMS; AND VIRGA. THE WINDS WERE FROM THE W AT 19 KTS GUSTING TO 29 KTS; SOME VIRGA WAS LOCATED BTWN THE MARKER AND THE RWY. WE BRIEFED FLAPS 3 DEG LNDG FOR POSSIBLE WINDSHEAR GAR MODIFIED TO MISS THE TSTMS N OF THE RWY. DURING THE APCH THE TURB WAS MORE THAN EXPECTED; BUT NO WINDSHEAR WAS ENCOUNTERED; THE APCH RESULTED IN A MANUAL THRUST VREF +15 KT XWIND LNDG WITHIN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE USING FULL REVERSE AND MANUAL BRAKING; AND OFF THE RWY BY M7. AS WE TAXIED INTO THE RAMP WE EXPECTED HOT BRAKES; BUT THE L WAS GETTING UP TO 400+ DEGS AND THE R SIDE WAS ONLY 90 DEGS; AND THE GAP WAS INCREASING RAPIDLY. WE CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS NOT NORMAL AND IT WOULD REQUIRE AN INSPECTION; AND MAYBE A LOGBOOK ENTRY. FO INFORMED ME THAT DURING THE LNDG HE HAD USED MOSTLY THE L BRAKE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CTL. UPON ARR TO GATE WE NOTED THE L BRAKE REACHING 650 DEGS; AND THE R SIDE WAS AT 150 DEGS. WE WERE INFORMED OF SMOKE; AND A FIRE ON #2 BRAKE AND THAT MAINT PERSONNEL WAS PUTTING THE FIRE OUT. I SENT MY FO TO CONFIRM THAT THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT SUCCESSFULLY; AND I PERSONALLY MONITORED ALL THE PAX EXITING THE ACFT. SUGGESTIONS: ATC -- MORE AWARENESS OF THE COMPLICATIONS AND DISTRS THAT CHANGE SPDS ON FINAL WILL RESULT IN. ALL XWIND LNDGS OUGHT TO BE DONE WITH AUTOBRAKES ON -- ESPECIALLY BY PLTS WITH LOW TIME IN ACFT TYPE.