I am reading a nice book A Social History of Ottoman Istanbul.
One chapter deals with the fires. It was the most damaging disaster for centuries.
Mavi Boncuk listed major fires:
Mavi Boncuk |
The period with no organized Tulumba Fire Crews until 1714.
Important fires of this period;
1510 It started in a neighborhood and spread to Balat and then to Bahçekapı, and 800 shops were burned.
1539 Zindankapı Fire
1540 Eski saray Fire..