MD11Fr8Dog

I was operating the next plane to land at MEM this morning. We were on a vector to 18L and then passed off to tower. My FO checked us in with tower, who then cleared us to land on 18R. When my FO questioned tower, he gave us the choice of 18L or 18R, as there was "no else around." We told him were set up for 18L and we'd stay there. Intercepted the LOC at 3,000ft and proceeded inbound. Wind was about 270 at 50-55 until about 1500-2000ft, then was still out of limits until about 500-600 ft, then still had a gusty 15knot xwind at touchdown (about 4 mins after the mishap). Passing 2000ft we heard a tower controller say something like "Roger, the trucks are rolling" and told my FO, "Damn, they know its me on final!" Passing 1500ft we heard tower again talking to the mishap crew (obviosly they were up a different tower freq), saying something about continuring to evacuate. We then saw the smoke on 18R just starting to billow, about 2/3rd of the way down the rwy. We landed and rolled out and took the last highspeed and turned north on "S". The fire was just about out as we passed abeam the point on 18R where the other MD-10 was stopped.

Here are some pics, thanks to my UPS jumpseater who came up front and grabbed my camera!