The city was once named North Chung-Ling, but was changed to Fire Fountain City due to the fire fountain for which they are known. While Team Avatar, excluding Katara, walked around town, Toph suggested that they obtain more money by scamming the merchants on the streets. The dealer at a game of chance took away the pebble from under the shell at the end so that no one could win, but Toph used her earthbending and kept the pebble under the shell, thus she guessed correctly and won. After that, the trio continued to scam people at a game of chance sticks, and also at a carnival where she used her earthbending to ring the bell on the high striker game. After Sokka found a wanted poster of Toph with a huge bounty, Katara and Toph attempted to pull off the "scam of all scams". Katara got Toph captured by the police so as to get the bounty. The town authority locked both the girls up and put them in a wooden cage instead of a metal one, rendering Toph unable to metalbend them free and escape. He subsequently handed them over to Combustion Man. When Aang and Sokka entered the town in an attempt to retrieve Katara and Toph, Combustion Man attacked. The girls were able to escape the prison and helped the group escape the city with no further problems when an attack from Toph resulted in Combustion Man's chi being blocked, turning his attack against himself.