More than 700 buildings in Boston’s downtown were destroyed in the Nov. 9, 1872, fire that began in a warehouse basement. The narrow streets let the flames jump easily across wooden rooftops and ...

You’ll find tons of engaging firefighting history, as experienced and knowledgeable tour guides speak about such notable blazes as the Great Boston Fire of 1872 and Cocoanut Grove.

Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871 accelerated its rise as a dominant metropolis. In Boston, which burned in 1872, the value of land newly topped with better buildings surged.

In 1872, a fire which began in the basement of a warehouse in downtown Boston raged for 12 hours, consuming 65 acres and leaving 776 buildings in ruins. The Great Boston Fire killed at least 30 ...

These six American fires led to change: political, legislative and geographic. Those tragedies helped shape the evolving story of the United States.