On June 6, 1889 a fire started that spread for 25 blocks and burned the entirety of Seattle's business district. It was a worker at a cabinet-making shop who accidently started the blaze. While there was only one fatality, the total damage cost about 20 million dollars. That was quite a chunk of change back in the late 1800s. The citizens of Seattle decided to rebuild after the fires, rather than relocate. After the Great Seattle Fire many changes were made in terms of fire safety ordinances and standards.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seattle_fire
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