The fire that emptied old Canfranc Historical milestone · Canfranc, La Jacetania, Huesca Image of Canfranc, not of the place itself. A chimney spark and a hurricane wind destroyed in 1944 around one hundred and thirty houses of the old quarter. The village was never rebuilt and the council and community life moved to the railway quarter of Los Arañones. abril de 1944 Photo: France64160 (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Canfranc