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Great Fire of Meireki
1657 CE · Tokugawa shogunate, Asia · Disaster
The Great Fire of Meireki , also known as the Great Furisode Fire, destroyed 60–70% of Edo, then de facto capital city of Japan, on 2 March 1657, the third year of the Meireki Era. The fire lasted for three days and, in combination with a severe blizzard that quickly followed, is estimated to have killed over 100,000 people.
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