Great Fire of Turku

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The Great Fire of Turku (Finnish: Turun palo, Swedish: Åbo brand and Russian: Пожар Або) was a conflagration in the city of Turku in 1827. It is still the largest urban fire in the history of Finland and the Nordic countries.^[1] The city had faced several large fires before, including an especially devastating one in 1681.^[2][3]