Interesting.
Reminiscent of what happened in ancient Crete.
My family had a troubled relation ship with the Indians for a couple of hundred years.
After the conflagration, new code ordinances were ramrodded through the Council by the Fire Marshall.
They also promptly banned lamps, torches, and candles in barns.
Since nobody was certain of the individual culprit's identity, all the milkmaids, and the 2 dairy owners, were put to death as an abject object lesson, and the cows were cursed by the priests, and driven deep into the forest, to never be seen again.