What the records say
- When
- 1923
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 37.89° N, 122.25° W
- Description
- conflagration that consumed some 640 structures, including 584 homes
- Date from
- year in its name
1923 Berkeley, California, fire
Conflagration that consumed 640 structures
The 1923 Berkeley, California, fire was a conflagration that consumed some 640 structures, including 584 houses in the densely built neighborhoods north of the campus of the University of California, Berkeley on September 17, 1923.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1923 Berkeley fire: A major fire in Berkeley, California, erupts, consuming some 640 structures, including 584 homes in the densely built neighborhoods north…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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