The mayor of Chicago asked people not to celebrate this traditional festival for the time being.
In the third year of Liang Datong, the floating map of Tongtai Temple caught fire due to lightning, which triggered a fire in the temple. In this huge temple, only two halls, Yi Rui and Baitang, survived, and the rest were reduced to ashes.
In the fifteenth year of Qianlong, local officials rebuilt Pingxu Pavilion as a residence palace to welcome the emperor and empress dowager, and Qianlong also wrote plaques and couplets for this ancient temple.
1666 On September 2nd, the worst fire broke out in London, which lasted for four days.
There must have been many fires in cities in human history, but there are written records of fires in the past 2000 years, the largest of which is generally considered to have nine times:
Fire of Rome
A fire broke out in Rome on July 18, AD 64.
The fire lasted for five days.
Three-quarters of the 47,000 houses in Rome were destroyed by fire, including the palace of the Roman emperor Nero, the temple of the stove, the temple of Jupiter, the Arc de Triomphe and other important buildings.
As for the cause of the fire, the official record is an accidental fire, but the people have always heard that the fire was a conspiracy of the cruel Nero.
Many people think that Nero set fire to expand the palace, but at that time, Rome was full of huts built by civilians, and the cost of demolition was too high, so he simply set fire to it.
Edo fire
1657 On March 2, a fire broke out in Edo, Japan, which is now Tokyo. The fire lasted for two days.
At that time, when Benmiao Temple in Edo cremated the body of a girl who died of a serious illness, a strong wind suddenly blew, and a burning sleeve on the body set fire to the building.
The fire destroyed two-thirds of the houses in Edo City and killed one-third of the population, about 65.438+0.07 million.
As for the cause of the fire, there is also a legend that the Tokugawa shogunate set fire to the city for expansion, but there is no conclusive evidence.
big fire
1666 On September 2nd, the worst fire broke out in London, which lasted for four days.
The fire destroyed one-sixth of the buildings in London, and about10.3 million houses and 87 churches were destroyed.
The cause of the fire was that a bakery owner forgot to put out the burning bread stove and set fire to the house.
Fortunately, only eight people were killed in the fire.
The London fire did not cause heavy casualties because a large-scale plague broke out here the year before the fire, killing 60,000 people and reducing the population by more than 10%. Besides, many people fled, and there was almost no one in London when the fire broke out.
The London fire had an unexpected result: the fire killed almost all the mice in London, and a blessing in disguise, and there was no large-scale plague in London.
Copenhagen fire
1On October 20th, a fire broke out in Copenhagen, Denmark. The fire lasted for 4 days, 28% of the buildings were destroyed, and 14000 residents were homeless.
The fire caused immeasurable cultural losses.
The library of Copenhagen University was completely burned down, and 35,000 books were lost, including a large number of rare and isolated books left over from the Middle Ages.
The observation equipment and records of the Observatory of the University of Copenhagen were also burned.
At that time, some citizens lamented: "A torch burned Copenhagen back to the Middle Ages."
The other fires were: Kyoto fire in Japan on March 7, 1788, and 80% of the buildings were burned;
1On September 4, 827, the fire in Turku, Finland, destroyed 75% of the buildings in Turku, killing 27 people and hundreds of people. 1. 1 10,000 people were homeless.
1835 65438+February 16 new york fire destroyed 700 buildings and killed two people.
On May 1849, 17, the fire in St. Louis, USA, destroyed 430 buildings, 23 large steamboats and countless boats, and killed three people.
187 1 year1kloc-0/October 8, the fire in Chicago, USA destroyed18,000 buildings, and the death toll ranged from 200 to 300.
The fire broke out in the early morning of March 7, 1788.
The fire lasted for several days.
The dawn fire happened in Kyoto, which is the most serious fire in the history of Kyoto.
The Turku fire broke out on 1 September 4, 827 and lasted for1day.
Turku fire is the biggest fire in Finnish history.
Turku is the oldest city in Finland. 18 12 years ago was the capital of Finland.
Turku also owns the first university in Finnish history-the Royal College of Turku.
After Finland moved its capital to Helsinki today, Turku is still the most important city in Finland.
However, the Turku fire in 1827 destroyed 75% of the buildings in Turku overnight, leaving 1 1000 homeless, 27 burned and hundreds injured.
The Ming Dynasty fire, also known as the sleeve-shaking fire, occurred between the 18th day of the first month (1657 March 2) and the 20th day of the first month (March 4) in the third year of the Ming Dynasty in Japan, and it was the worst disaster in Japanese history after the Tokyo air raid and the Great Kanto Earthquake.
At the same time, it is called the three major fires in the world together with the London fire and the Rome fire.