1938 Changsha Fire
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| Buildings destroyed | 56,000 |
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| ID | 732388 |
About 1938 Changsha Fire
The Changsha fire of 1938, also known as Wenxi fire, was the greatest human-caused citywide fire in Chinese history. Kuomintang officials ordered the city be set on fire in 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War to keep its wealth removed from the Japanese.
