The great fire of Thessaloniki
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The great fire of Thessaloniki
- 1. THE GREAT FIRE OF THESSALONIKI George Kapsalis Maria Savvaki Danai Sarali GeorgeTounis Serafeim Chatzivasiliou
- 2. ■ The tragic fire occurred in the second- largest city in Greece,Thessaloniki, in the year 1917.A tragedy that was marked as accidental, left more than 70,000 people homeless. Burning for 32 hours, 9, 500 homes were burned to the ground. ■ After the fire,Thessaloniki was left in chaos. Most of the population didn’t have a place to call home. ■ Many members of the Jewish population emigrated from the city since their home was no longer inThessaloniki.
- 3. Start of the fire… ■ After much investigation by the Court ofThessaloniki, it is said that the fire began on August 18, 1917. ■ The fire originated from a small house of refugees at Olympiados 3 which is located in the Mevlane district. ■ The story has been told that a spark of kitchen fire fell into the pile of straw and began the fire. ■ The fire was unable to put out due to a lack of water. ■ The other large issue was that the city ofThessaloniki did not have an organized firefighting team.
- 4. After the fire… ■ Only a few days after the fire, theVenizelos government announced that it would not allow reconstruction of the city as it was. ■ They intended to create a new city instead, according to an urban plan.