As the kind Partha said to Maya not to fear, the Dasharha hero (Krishna) did not desire to kill him who was the brother of Namuchi. Agni also did not burn him down.
तं पार्थेनाभये दत्ते नमुचेर्धातरं मयम्। न हन्तुमैच्छद् दाशार्हः पावको न ददाह च॥