The Great Chicago Fire

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🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to Tuesday, October 10, 1871. The fire killed up to 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km²) of Chicago, Illinois, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.^[2]

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0:00.0	Shkogo Fire Department Eli Bosnian speaking.
0:15.3	Oh, there's a fire.
0:18.3	Cool, cool.
0:19.3	Where are you?
0:20.3	Oh, state and lake.
0:23.3	Okay, one question.
0:24.3	Sorry, I know you're in a rush.
0:25.9	How big is it?
0:28.6	One city block.
0:29.6	That's actually not what I meant.
0:31.5	I mean, does it look hot?
0:33.3	No, fire is hot, don't, don't.
0:37.5	I'm just going to give, like, it looks like when I'm near it, it'll all be hot.
0:41.8	See, I'm wearing these rubber pants and they get uncomfortable, but if it's...
0:45.7	Okay, that sounds unpleasant.
0:49.1	Okay, one more question.
0:51.2	Sorry, I know.
0:52.5	I know.
0:53.5	Is there a bathroom nearby?
0:55.7	Well, when I run the hose, I have to go a lot and I don't want to have to get back
1:00.2	in the truck and come all the way back here so if there's like a star...
1:03.5	Well, maybe I can work something out with the Starbucks across the street then.
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