Great Seattle Fire

When

6 Jun 1889

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

47.60° N, 122.34° W

Description

major fire in Seattle, Washington in 1889

1889 fire which destroyed downtown Seattle, Washington, US

The Great Seattle Fire was a fire that destroyed the entire central business district of Seattle, Washington, on June 6, 1889. The conflagration lasted for less than a day, burning through the afternoon and into the night, during the same summer as the Great Spokane Fire and the Great Ellensburg Fire. Seattle quickly rebuilt using brick buildings that sat 20 feet (6.1 m) above the original street level.

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