diff --git a/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts b/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts
index 1bc5a4e6..1a213318 100644
--- a/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts
+++ b/projects/testing-library/src/lib/testing-library.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function render<SutType, WrapperType = SutType>(
   renderOptions: RenderComponentOptions<SutType> | RenderDirectiveOptions<SutType, WrapperType> = {},
 ): Promise<RenderResult<SutType>> {
   const {
-    detectChanges = true,
+    detectChanges: detectChangesOnRender = true,
     declarations = [],
     imports = [],
     providers = [],
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ export async function render<SutType, WrapperType = SutType>(
     componentProperties = {},
     componentProviders = [],
     excludeComponentDeclaration = false,
-    routes
+    routes,
   } = renderOptions as RenderDirectiveOptions<SutType, WrapperType>;
 
   TestBed.configureTestingModule({
     declarations: addAutoDeclarations(sut, { declarations, excludeComponentDeclaration, template, wrapper }),
-    imports: addAutoImports({imports, routes}),
+    imports: addAutoImports({ imports, routes }),
     providers: [...providers],
     schemas: [...schemas],
   });
@@ -66,15 +66,24 @@ export async function render<SutType, WrapperType = SutType>(
 
   await TestBed.compileComponents();
 
-  if (detectChanges) {
-    fixture.detectChanges();
+  let isAlive = true;
+  fixture.componentRef.onDestroy(() => (isAlive = false));
+
+  function detectChanges() {
+    if (isAlive) {
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (detectChangesOnRender) {
+    detectChanges();
   }
 
   const eventsWithDetectChanges = Object.keys(fireEvent).reduce(
     (events, key) => {
       events[key] = (element: HTMLElement, options?: {}) => {
         const result = fireEvent[key](element, options);
-        fixture.detectChanges();
+        detectChanges();
         return result;
       };
       return events;
@@ -93,8 +102,8 @@ export async function render<SutType, WrapperType = SutType>(
     const href = typeof elementOrPath === 'string' ? elementOrPath : elementOrPath.getAttribute('href');
 
     let result;
-    await zone.run(() => result = router.navigate([basePath + href]));
-    fixture.detectChanges();
+    await zone.run(() => (result = router.navigate([basePath + href])));
+    detectChanges();
     return result;
   }
   const debugElement = fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(sut));
@@ -104,7 +113,7 @@ export async function render<SutType, WrapperType = SutType>(
     debugElement,
     container: fixture.nativeElement,
     debug: (element = fixture.nativeElement) => console.log(prettyDOM(element)),
-    detectChanges: () => fixture.detectChanges(),
+    detectChanges,
     ...getQueriesForElement(fixture.nativeElement, queries),
     ...eventsWithDetectChanges,
     type: createType(eventsWithDetectChanges),
diff --git a/projects/testing-library/tests/detect-changes.spec.ts b/projects/testing-library/tests/detect-changes.spec.ts
index 40f68812..7a4fbf15 100644
--- a/projects/testing-library/tests/detect-changes.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/testing-library/tests/detect-changes.spec.ts
@@ -40,4 +40,13 @@ describe('detectChanges', () => {
 
     expect(getByTestId('button').innerHTML).toBe('Button updated after 400ms');
   }));
+
+  test('does not throw on a destroyed fixture', async () => {
+    const { getByTestId, type, fixture } = await render(FixtureComponent, { imports: [ReactiveFormsModule] });
+
+    fixture.destroy();
+
+    type(getByTestId('input'), 'What a great day!');
+    expect(getByTestId('button').innerHTML).toBe('Button');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/projects/testing-library/tests/fire-event.spec.ts b/projects/testing-library/tests/fire-event.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43aaed13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/testing-library/tests/fire-event.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { render } from '../src/public_api';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'fixture',
+  template: `
+    <input type="text" data-testid="input" />
+  `,
+})
+class FixtureComponent {}
+
+test('does not call detect changes when fixture is destroyed', async () => {
+  const component = await render(FixtureComponent);
+
+  component.fixture.destroy();
+
+  // should otherwise throw
+  component.input(component.getByTestId('input'), { target: { value: 'Bonjour' } });
+  component.type(component.getByTestId('input'), 'Alles klar');
+});