When FURUTAKA was locked up in the Rokkaku prison house, the Dondon-yaki fire--which occurred at the time of Kinmon no Hen (the Conspiracy of Kinmon) on August 21--burned through Kyoto City, and the fire spread close to the prison house.
古高は六角獄舎に収容されたが、7月20日に禁門の変の際に生じたどんどん焼けは京都市中を焼き尽くし、獄舎近辺まで延焼。