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Fires · 7–8 February 1904Open article references →
The Great Baltimore Fire
Hopkins Place ignition area and downtown burn district · United States
Why editors use it herePlace-based account of the downtown destruction and Olmsted's post-fire street and rebuilding recommendations.
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On 7–8 February 1904, a basement fire and explosion in Baltimore's Hurst Building spread through the downtown commercial district.
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Trigger and conditions
A watchman reported smoke at the John E.
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Uncertainty
Contemporary totals vary by whether attached structures and partially damaged buildings are counted.
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Why it matters
Baltimore is an early infrastructure-interoperability disaster.
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