Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917

When

1917

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

40.63° N, 22.94° E

Description

conflagration

Date from

year in its name

1917 fire which destroyed two-thirds of Thessaloniki, Greece

The Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 began as an accidental kitchen fire and ended up as a massive conflagration, destroying two thirds of the city of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece, leaving more than 70,000 homeless. The fire burned for 32 hours and destroyed 9,500 houses within an extent of 1 square kilometer. Half the Jewish population emigrated from the city as their livelihoods were gone.

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