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9h 13min, oct 8, 1871 y - Great Chicago Fire

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a conflagration that burned and killed up to 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of Chicago, Illinois, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless, the fire began in a neighborhood southwest of the city center

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9h 13min, oct 8, 1871 y
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~ 154 years ago

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