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Correction for the length of The Great Chicago Fire

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How long is 30 minutes?
It's about one-one-hundredth as long as The Great Chicago Fire
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The length of The Great Chicago Fire is about 3,000 minutes.
(1871) (Chicago, Illinois)
The Great Chicago Fire started at about 9am and burned for 3,000 minutes between October 8th and October 10th, 1871. Chicago had experienced twenty smaller fires in the 20,000 minutes leading up to the blaze, due to drought conditions, strong winds, and the abundance of wooden buildings at the time.
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