On small ships with all American crews this maybe the case. In my experience aboard large ships with only a small percentage having advanced firefighting training and the deck department being the smallest department on the vessel and the majority of the crew picked up from the closest port and only marginally ok at speaking english… this just doesn’t happen.
And even on large American ships with minimal manning and unmanned engine rooms… the fire can generate a lot of smoke and obscure the seat of the fire before someone can get to the effected space.