The Master saw through the clinging smoke, by the dimmed light of the frosted disks, that the skin of the engineer's face and hands was cooked to a char.
"If he's breathed flame--" began the major.

Alden knelt beside him, peered closely, made a significant, eloquent gesture.
"Volunteers!" shouted the Master, plunging forward.
Into the fumes and smother, half a dozen men fought their way.

From the bulkheads they snatched down the little fire-grenades.

The Master went first.

Bohannan was second, with Rrisa a close third.