Correction for the length of The Great Chicago Fire
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How long is 76 years?
It's about 10,000 times as long as The Great Chicago Fire
The length of The Great Chicago Fire is about 0.006 years.
(1871) (Chicago, Illinois)
The Great Chicago Fire started at about 9am and burned for 0.005 years between October 8th and October 10th, 1871. Chicago had experienced twenty smaller fires in the 0.04 years leading up to the blaze, due to drought conditions, strong winds, and the abundance of wooden buildings at the time.