清代柳条边外城镇火灾多发生于夜间,人为因素居多,驻防官兵是救火的基本力量。火灾的发生对人民群众的生命财产造成严重损失,大火焚烧衙署等公共服务场所导致重要案牍化为灰烬,给边外清史研究带来不便。火灾惩罚方式分为交部院察议、罚俸、鞭刑带枷、降级、革职等,抚恤方式,体现因地制宜灵活的政策。抚恤待遇遵循旗人高于民人,民人高于商人的原则。
In the Qing Dynasty, outside Liutiaobian fire often occurred man, and frontier soldiers remained the major forces. Fire caused serious at night. Most of them incurred by damage to people's lives and proper- ty, burning public service places and historic documents to ashes. Punishment differed in flexible policies, such as discussion by division, salary punishment, flogging cangue, demotion and dismissal, etc. The pension prefers banner men to common people, and the common to businessmen.