Historical poster of brick buildings erected in Ellensburg since the Great Fire
Date(s)
July 4–5, 1889 10:30 p.m. – 3:30 a.m.
Impacts
Structures destroyed
10 city blocks
Damage
$2 million ($67.8 million in 2023 dollars)
Ignition
Cause
Unknown
The Great Ellensburg Fire, also known as the Independence Day Fire, was a fire that destroyed homes and the business district of Ellensburg in 1889,[1] during the same summer that major fires damaged Spokane, Vancouver, and Seattle, all major cities in the Washington Territory.[2]
^"ELLENSBURG IN ASHES". The New York Times. No. July 6, 1889.
^"From the Archives: 1889 Great Seattle Fire". Washington Secretary of State. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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