-There wasn't any fire on the nose gear, so there problably isn't any reason to apply any suppressant anywhere.  (They essentialy made a normal landing)

And, in my opinion - that pilot deserves a raise.

When the plane drifted off to the right, when the front gear hit paint, that's when the flames erupted.  I figured that the flames were just caused because the tires had worn completely down and the plane was on aluminum.

Extinguishing Magnesium Fires

Magnesium and its alloys present special problems in fire protection. Magnesium combines so readily with oxygen that under some conditions water applied to extinguish magnesium fires may be decomposed into its constituent elements, oxygen and hydrogen. The oxygen combines with the magnesium and the released hydrogen adds to the intensity of the fire. None of the commonly available gaseous extinguishing agents (CO{sub 2}, for example) are suitable for extinguishing magnesium fires. The affinity of magnesium for oxygen is so great that it will burn in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide. Magnesium may also burn in an atmosphere of nitrogen to form magnesium nitride. For these reasons, the common extinguishing methods which depend on water, water solutions, or inert gas are not effective on magnesium chip fires. Halogen containing extinguishing agents (the Halons) react violently with burning magnesium because the chlorine or other halogen combines with the magnesium. However, flooding with noble gases (e.g., helium or argon) will extinguish burning magnesium.