A fire that started from the house of Zeniya Ichibee (a money exchange shop) at Sanjo agaru on Aburakoji-dori Street, spread its damages, fed by the south-westerly wind, to Kinri gosho (Imperial Palace), Sento Imperial Palace, Nyoin Gosho (Empress Dowager's Palace), and Togu Gosho (Crown Prince's Palace), as well as to the mansions of nobles such as the Kujo Family and the Takatsukasa Family, temples, and machiya town houses.
午に油小路通三条上ルの銭屋市兵衛宅より出火、南西の風に煽られて被害が拡大し、禁裏御所・仙洞御所・女院御所・東宮御所が悉く炎上、九条家・鷹司家をはじめとする公家の邸宅、寺院・町屋などを焼いた。