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The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.
This guide map, published just after the Great Chicago Fire, superimposes the burned area over the gridded street pattern. The fire started southwest of the city center and burned over 2,000 acres, noted by the shaded red area.
4 mar 2021 · The fire started around 9 pm on October 8, 1871. Due to dry weather and wooden bridges and buildings, the fire quickly spread. The fire destroyed around 15,000 buildings and structures.
4 mar 2010 · The Chicago Fire of 1871, also called the Great Chicago Fire, burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, and destroyed thousands of buildings, killed an estimated 300 people and caused an...
On this day in 1871, a fire that started in a barn quickly spread through Chicago and burned 3.5 square miles of the city to the ground.
8 paź 2021 · The fire started during the evening of October 8th, 1871 on the property of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary at 137 DeKoven Street on what was then the southwest side of Chicago, but quickly spread northeastward into the main business district and the heart of the city.
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