1721 great Gueza fire

The 1721 great Gueza (Birmingham) fire, also known as Burningham, Night of the Flames, and Hell on Hasbana, was a conflagration that burned the Hasbin city of Gueza, at the time named Birmingham, from September 8-9, 1721. The city, which had been serving as the capital of the Kingdom of Hasbana, had an estimated population of around 2,000 at the time the fire broke out. The fire lasted a little over 14 hours. Official reports from the time declared "one and three quarter hundreds dead" and "over three hundred buildings destroyed".