Editing Sandefjord (section)

=== Town fires ===
Sandefjord has experienced numerous town fires, including a town fire in 1800 which led to most of the town burning down and subsequently having to be rebuilt.<ref name="DKeye" /> An additional fire in 1900 destroyed 56 houses and caused major damage.<ref name="gonorway.no" /> Sandefjord's  ships and the shipping industry remained untouched from the major fire of March 1900.<ref name="FO95">{{Cite book |last=Olstad |first=Finn |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015082608073 |title=Sandefjords historie Bind 1: Strandsitter og verdensborger |publisher=Sandefjord kommune |year=1995 |isbn=9788299059572 |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|200}} The fire, which started on the night before 16 March 1900, led to the entire city center burning down, including important business offices. Both newspapers in town, ''[[Sandefjords Blad]]'' and ''Vestfold'', saw their offices burnt down. Six jewelry stores, three watchmakers, eight grocery stores, and a variety of other shops were destroyed. The fire started in the factory ''Nordmannen''. The fire caused the loss of 51 buildings for a total value of {{NOK|1.5 million|link=yes}} in addition to {{NOK|1 million|link=yes}} in loss of store items.<ref name="AH76">{{Cite book |last=Hoffstad |first=Arne |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011061608049 |title=Sandefjord - byen vår: trekk fra Sandefjordsdistriktets historie under hvalfangsteventyret 1905-1968 |year=1976 |isbn=8299038413 |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|7–9}} [[Sandefjord Church]] (built in 1872) also burnt down during the town fire of 1900.<ref name="RD" />{{rp|330}}

A new town fire on 27–28 March 1915 led to the death of two people and destroyed seven farms. Large parts of the street Storgata were also destroyed.<ref name="AH76" />{{rp|74}}<ref name="FO95" />{{rp|299}}