may 21, 1917 - TheGreat Atlanta fire of 1917causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
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may 21, 1917
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