The 1906 San Francisco earthquake, with a main tremor of magnitude 8.25, was followed by a fire which raged for 74 hours and destroyed 28,000 buildings; it was only extinguished by the providential arrival of a rainstorm.
一九○六年舊金山發生主震規模達八．二五的大地震，大火延燒了七十四小時，二萬八千棟建築化為灰燼，結果還是老天垂憐，下了一場雨才將火澆熄。