In 1972, a fire decimated the street, causing $2 million worth of damage.

Lateral roads were constructed to enable swift movement of supporting troops, houses and walls demolished to clear fields of fire, hills were scarped to make an unclimbable precipice, and everything was organised to have channels where cross fire from artillery would decimate an attacking force.

By the 1920s Seligman had been mostly rebuilt when another fire, the Christmas Fire of December 25, 1922, decimated the heart of the downtown.

The plant remained empty until 1998 when brothers Brian and Kirk Spears purchased the mill and used it in the production of pillows and wooden pallets until August 6, 2002, when fire completely decimated the complex.

Willisau became a crafts centre and commercial city during the 16th century, although a devastating fire in 1704 decimated its prosperity.

They cannot hope to pay my bills, for the plague last year and the fire have decimated them, and I had con- cluded that my debt to thee would have to stand un- discharged, when a singular chain of circumstances put me in a position to aid thee.

A fire would decimate the rehearsal spaces of Five Foot Thick and fellow local band Clintch.

The fire lit during the battle for Moscow in 1812 destroyed large parts of the predominantly wooden city, and also decimated the Arbat.

Their feet slipped and slid in mud that had been their predecessors' bodies, while stones and fire decimated their ranks from above.

A fire decimated much of the city and church in 1634, and the church required a new vault and significant restoration work.