The worst tornado wind ever known to blow there caused a piece of debris to fly into a oil tank which caused the north side to catch on fire. A lot of people tried to go back and get there belongings but, there was nothing left. No matter how hard the firefighters tried they could not put out the fire it was to big. More than 70,000 buildings were burned. Then in 1874 there was another fire but it was nothing compared to the 1871 fire
