The Bandung Sea of Fire was the deliberate destruction by fire of the entire southern part of Bandung City during the Indonesian Revolution by Indonesian Republican revolutionaries.
It was the answer given to the British command which gave an ultimatum to the Indonesians ordering them to leave the city. What the Indonesians call Bandung Lautan Api took place onand became one of the most important events of the revolution. It was during this period of evacuation that a member of the revolutionary army, Mohammad Toha , became a national hero by dynamiting the Dutch headquarters in Dayeuhkolot .