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The\\xa0Great Chicago Fire\\xa0was a\\xa0conflagration\\xa0that burned from Sunday, October 8, to Tuesday, October 10, 1871. The fire killed up to 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9\\xa0km²) of\\xa0Chicago,\\xa0Illinois, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.^[2]

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