We have heard the tale of monkey god, Hanuman setting fire to Lanka with his flaming tail. There are also other fables of animals on fire. One true stories of such real life incident is when
Timur invaded Delhi in 1398. There he came face to face with the army of Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud. Sultan’s army consisted of 120 war elephants armored with chain mail and poisoned tusks. On seeing his soldiers fleeing the battlefield, Timur order all his frontline camels to be covered in wood, straw and be set on fire. As the flaming camels charged forwards towards Sultan’s army, startled elephants turned around and stampeded their own army. Timur victoriously entered Delhi after that, destroyed it and left it in ruins.