This gallery sustained extreme temperatures and dense , suffocating smoke early in the conflagration Catastrophe .

The conflagration killed Killing at least 278 individuals , with some accounts reporting Reporting more than 300 dead Death .

The firestorm extended Expansion to the north , growing in intensity to become an aerial or crown fire , a fierce conflagration that consumes fuel from the forest 's canopy .

Martha Nussbaum has challenged this narrative , stating Statement that several inquiries Criminal_investigation have found Know that the conflagration Catastrophe was an accident Catastrophe rather than a planned conspiracy Committing_crime .

The conflagration Catastrophe , which originated Coming_to_be outside of town as a forest fire Catastrophe , was quickly pushed Motion past fire barriers designed Creating to protect the town by winds .

All 21 people on board died Death , either of injuries Bodily_harm during the crash or in the ensuing conflagration .

Despite various attempts to violate the provisions in the Peace of Augsburg no general European or German conflagration would erupt Process_start as a result of the violations .