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[[Image:1880Fire.jpg|thumb|right|Photo of the fire's devastation]]
[[Image:1880Fire2.jpg|thumb|right|Only brick chimneys remained of some buildings]]
A '''fire''' that erupted in the early morning of [[December 11]], [[1880]] destroyed five blocks of [[downtown Pensacola]], including several government buildings and "nine-tenths" of the city's business district.