page_title: Great Seattle Fire
hierarchical_section_title: Great Seattle Fire
caption_attribution_description: English: Start of the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, looking south on 1st Ave. near Madison St.
context_page_description: 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, and during the same summer as the Great Spokane Fire and the Great Ellensburg Fire. Seattle quickly rebuilt using brick buildings that sat 20 feet above the original street level. Its population swelled during reconstruction, becoming the largest city in the newly-admitted state of Washington.
context_section_description: 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, and 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. Its population swelled during reconstruction, becoming the largest city in the newly-admitted state of Washington.
caption: Firefighting at 1st Avenue near Madison Street (June 6, 1889)
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