Great Fire of Portland, Maine, 1866

When

1866

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

43.65° N, 70.26° W

Description

fire on July 4, 1866 in Portland, Maine, USA

Date from

year in its Wikidata description

Conflagration in Portland, Maine, United States

The 1866 great fire of Portland spread throughout the city of Portland, Maine, on July 4, 1866—the second Independence Day after the end of the American Civil War. The fire burned out the morning of July 5; while over a thousand buildings were destroyed, there were few fatalities. Occurring five years before the Great Chicago Fire, it was the greatest fire yet seen in an American city.

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