About 4 square miles.
Four square miles of Chicago was destroyed.
Almost 4 square miles...approximately 2000. Acres burned in 27 hours. Destroyed 17,000 structures in the downtown core of the city.
850 square miles (2200 kilometers) were burned
The Great Chicago fire was one of the U.S.A's largest disasters. It killed hundreds, and destroyed about four square miles of Chicago.
Four square miles of Chicago were destroyed in the fire.
The Great Chicago Fire destroyed four square miles of Chicago.
228.4 square miles
It depends on what date you use for when Chicago was founded. The Town of Chicago was formed August 12, 1833. The City of Chicago was officially incorporated March 4, 1837. The great Chicago fire occurred October 8 to October 10, 1871. So the correct answer can be either 28 or 24 years old.
About 2,560 acres or 4 square miles.
The Great Chicago fire was one of the U.S.A's largest disasters. It killed hundreds, and destroyed about four square miles of Chicago.
234.0 Square miles, of which 6.9 square miles is water.
Conditions were perfect for a fire. The land was dry. On the same day as the Peshtago Fire in Wisconsin that burned a large amount of Wisconsin, Chicago too had a fire. Four square miles of the city was destroyed and as many as three hundred people lost their lives.