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Great Fire of New York
Since 1776
The Great Fire of New York burned through the night of September 20, 1776, and into the morning of September 21, on the West Side of what then constituted New York City at the southern end of the island of Manhattan. It broke out in the early days of the military occupation of the city by British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
The fire destroyed from 10 to 25 percent of the buildings in the city, while some unaffected parts of the city were plundered.
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