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London in 1666
The summer of 1666 had been
very hot and dry. The city of
London was overcrowded and
made up lots of narrow, cobbled
streets. Most of the houses
were made of wood and were
leaning forwards.
THE START OF THE FIRE
The fire began on The
night of 2nd
September 1666 as a
small fire on
pudding
Lane in a bakers shop
owned by Thomas
Farynor.
The spread of the fire
A strong wind blew
the flames quickly
across the city and
the sky had a yellow
glow.
It burnt down many
of the wooden
houses easily as it
spread down the
narrow alleys
Samuel Pepys
People who watch an
event are called
eyewitnesses. Samuel
Pepys was an
eyewitnesses to the
Great Fire and wrote a
diary to describe what
he saw.
Fighting the fire
There was no fire
brigade at the
time of the Great
Fire and the
equipment available
was very basic.
People had to
carry water from
the River Thames
in buckets and so
got very tired.
London After the Fire
The fire had caused a lot of
damage in four days – 87
churches and 13/000 houses
had burned down .Luckily,
only 6 people lost their lives
. Lots of people were now
homeless and so had to live
in tents in camps outside the
City.