2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5816A new candidate for the gamma-ray bursts central engine is proposed: if in some energetic cosmic event a macroscopic amount of bubbles of the disoriented chiral condensate can be formed, then their subsequent decays will produce a relativistic fireball without the baryon loading problem. The neutron star to strange star transition is considered as a candidate example of such cosmic event.12 pages, LaTeX, somewhat modified, references addedAstrophysicsHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext