Evidence for the fire hypothesis is the sudden increase in widespread ash deposits at the time that people arrived in Australia, as well as land-management and hunting practices of modern Aboriginal people as recorded by the earliest European settlers before Aboriginal society was devastated by European contact and disease.

They attempted to declare independence, causing a fire to break out in Pointe-à-Pitre that devastated a third of the town.

* 1904 – Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10, 000 people homeless and one person dead.

The meeting consolidated the Polish-German alliance, with Mieszko joining Otto's expedition against a Slavic land, which together they wholly devastated (...) with fire and tremendous depopulation.

Although it was Lent, he " devastated the Viscount's land with fire and sword ".

* The city of Aléria on the island of Corsica is devastated by a huge fire, destroying its port and most of its inhabitants.

* The Dutch city of Ommen is devastated by fire.

The Afghan fighters, in trucks, were devastated by mortar fire registered in advance to strike fixed points on the road.

A fire devastated Padua in 1174.

* The city of Rome is devastated by fire.

Fanned by strong winds, the fire quickly devastated the whole city.

The half-finished cathedral was devastated by fire in 1137, but work continued under Godfrey, the new bishop, until about 1156 ; the completed building was approximately long.

Another natural disaster was the forest fire that occurred in the Aliveri part of the island, fires lasted in July 2007 and devastated much of the forests including the vicinity of the hotel and devastated the tourist industry of the island.

In 1659 a fire devastated most of the town and damaged St Edmund's Church, whose original structure dated from the 12th century.

The British and French campaigning against Russia in the Crimean War ( 1854 – 1856 ) used Varna as headquarters and principal naval base ; many soldiers died of cholera and the city was devastated by a fire.

On 1 May 1708 the town of Holt was devastated by a fire which destroyed most of the medieval town in the matter of three hours.

Another large fire, known locally as the " Big Fire ", devastated the community on November 20, 1977, destroying most of the downtown businesses.

In 1892 a fire devastated the eastern side of the business district, stymieing the village's growth and causing some business owners to close up shop forever.

However, the town was greatly devastated by a large fire in the early forties and retains the authentic WPA Post office mural

The fire devastated the community, stagnating business growth once again.

The fire devastated many citizens that cherished the historic feel of the city.

Again, in 1925 downtown Kalkaska was devastated by the largest fire since the Fire of 1908.

The school building was devastated by fire in 1897.

Around that statue in the green park where children play and lovers walk in twos and there is a glowing view of the whole city, in that park are the rows of marble busts of Garibaldi's fallen men, the ones who one day rushed out of the Porta San Pancrazio and, under fire all the way, up the long, straight narrow lane to take, then lose the high ground of the Villa Doria Pamphili.

Where schools, fire and police protection, and similar municipal services are of equal quality in city and country, real estate taxes are usually about the same.

Satan and his angels will convince the unrighteous to surround the city, but hell fire and brimstone will fall from heaven and consume them, thus cleansing Earth of all sin.

* 1947 – Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.

The city was destroyed partially — and in some parts completely — during the fighting, mostly by American artillery fire and demolitions carried out by the Waffen-SS defenders.

Nonetheless, the written sources do not mention damages wrought by fire, save the Gardens of Sallust, which were situated close to the gate by which the Goths had made their entrance ; nor is there any reason to attribute any extensive destruction of the buildings of the city to Alaric and his followers.

In the ensuing fighting, the crusaders set the city on fire, ultimately leaving 20, 000 people homeless.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge – along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.

Eight years have passed, and the city of Genoa is still trying to recover from the many damages provoked by the rioters, mainly devoted to crash cars, setting stores on fire, robbing banks and using any heavy or pointed object as a means to provoke damage to people and objects.

It might be connected with " glowing coals ", or " fire ", but it could equally go back to, or be influenced by, the Latin name Brundisium of the city of Brindisi ( aes Brundusinum, meaning " copper of Brindisi ", is attested in Pliny ).

Jonah had already uttered his message of warning, and Nahum was followed by Zephaniah, who also predicted ( Zephaniah 2: 4-15 ) the destruction of the city, predictions which were remarkably fulfilled ( 625 BC ) when Nineveh was destroyed apparently by fire, and the Assyrian empire came to an end, an event which changed the face of Asia.

Egypt's capital was permanently moved to Cairo, which was eventually expanded to include the ruins of Fustat and the previous capitals of al-Askar and al-Qatta ' i. While the Fustat fire successfully protected the city of Cairo, a continuing power struggle between Shawar, King Amalric I of Jerusalem, and Zengid general Shirkuh led to the downfall of the Fatimid establishment.

While en route to Chongqing, the Nationalist army intentionally started the " fire of Changsha ", which lasted for three days, destroyed two thirds of the city, killed twenty thousand civilians, and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

This fire was deliberately caused by the retreating Nationalist army in order to prevent the city from falling to the Japanese.

Due to an organizational error ( it was claimed ), the fire was begun without any warning to the residents of the city.

What remained of the city was razed by fire.

At the time of Domitian's accession the city was still suffering from the damage caused by the Great Fire of 64, the civil war of 69 and the fire in 79.

* 1994 – Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors.

Despite ordering a cease fire, which prevented a mutual massacre, Governor Marquis Bernard de Launay was beaten, stabbed and decapitated ; his head was placed on a pike and paraded about the city.

Reports say Toumba's men opened fire on Captain Camara late Thursday at an army camp in the city of Conakry.

By 1902, the factory alone became " A great city with its own streets, its own police force, fire department and traffic laws.

The Greek fire was utilized to great effect against the Muslim fleets, helping to repel the Muslims at the first and second Arab sieges of the city.

The Emperor Constantine Porphyrogennetos ( r. 945 – 959 ), in his book De Administrando Imperio, admonishes his son and heir, Romanos II ( r. 959 – 963 ), to never reveal the secrets of its construction, as it was " shown and revealed by an angel to the great and holy first Christian emperor Constantine " and that the angel bound him " not to prepare this fire but for Christians, and only in the imperial city ".

Moscow revolted but riots there were brutally suppressed and the city was set on fire.