Almost 4 square miles...approximately 2000. Acres burned in 27 hours. Destroyed 17,000 structures in the downtown core of the city.
It amazingly spread 13 and a half miles.
Four square miles of Chicago was destroyed.
The Chicago Fire spread a third of the town
The Great Chicago fire was one of the U.S.A's largest disasters. It killed hundreds, and destroyed about four square miles of Chicago.
Four square miles of Chicago were destroyed in the fire.
About 4 square miles.
The Great Chicago fire was one of the U.S.A's largest disasters. It killed hundreds, and destroyed about four square miles of Chicago.
The Great Chicago Fire destroyed four square miles of Chicago.
About 2,560 acres or 4 square miles.
The water turned it off. ((GREAT CHICAGO FIRE))
No. The Great Chicago Fire caused the need for the city to rebuild.
It came from the great Chicago fire of 1871
One of the conflicts about the Great Fire of Chicago was the debate about what caused the fire. One reason the fire spread so quickly and so far was because a lot of the buildings were made out of wood. A compromise made after the fire was that many of the building that were rebuilt were not made out of wood to make them more fireproof.