After nine days, the great fire of Smyrna was extinguished , having caused at least ten thousand deaths.

Burning of Smyrna

1922 fire in Smyrna (now İzmir, Turkey) during the Greco-Turkish War

The burning of Smyrna destroyed much of the port city of Smyrna in September 1922. Eyewitness reports state that the fire began on 13 September 1922 and lasted until it was largely extinguished on 22 September. It began four days after the Turkish military captured the city on 9…