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The great fire of London was started by a man named Thomas Farriner (or Farynor). One night Thomas started the fire to cook the bread and he went upstairs forgetting about the fire. The fire latched onto the straw which set the whole house on fire and in those days the houses were all close together so the fire spread. This started the Great Fire of London.
It started on 2nd September when some coal fell out of a bakers oven on to some straw
Thomas Farrinor, his family and maid were sleeping when they woke to the smell of smoke. Thomas had forgotten to put out the embers in his oven and it had caught fire. The maid died but Thomas escaped.
It started on 2nd September 1666 in a baker's shop in Pudding lane and burned for four days destroying over 13,000 houses. It spread so rapidly that it also destroyed the rats - the carriers of the fleas that caused the Plague. Pudding Lane still exists, although the baker's shop is obviously no longer there. Incidentally, The Monument, built by Christopher Wren to commemorate the Great Fire, is 202 feet tall, which is the distance from the base of the Monument to the site of the baker's shop in Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started.
The Great Fire of London, which took place in the Summer of 1666, started in a bakery in a side-street known as Pudding Lane. The baker left his oven fires unattended for a while, which caused hot sparks to drift out of a side-window and ignite the dry timbers of the premises next door.
From then on, the blaze spread rapidly from building to building, street to street, until in the end whole boroughs were an inferno. In those days, most buildings were built of a wooden and wattle superstructure on a brick base, and many were already very old, dating back to early Tudor times or even the Plantagenet era. Their timbers were dry, and many were poorly maintained, especially rented properties owned by absentee landlords who didn't bother to upkeep or maintain the buildings. In addition, streets were very narrow with the buildings packed very closely together on each side- in some cases, it was possible for someone on the top floor of a house or shop to lean out of the window and touch the gables of the building opposite across the street!!
Although it was devastating, the fire claimed only a dozen or so lives thanks to an extremely efficient programme of evacuation and containment organised by the authorities. King Charles II took personal control of the relief effort, afterwards organising a large financial programme to rebuild those parts of the city that were worst affected, and to provide relief and aid to all those made homeless or unemployed as a result of the disaster.
The Great Fire of London started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane, London in 1666. Pudding Lane still exists now but the baker shop is no longer there as it burnt down in the fire.
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What impact did the great London fire have on the London fire brigade?
The Great Fire of London was in 1666 and London Fire Brigade didn't exist then.
What started in a bakery in pudding lane?
The Great Fire of London in 1666.
What was the bakery called that started the great fire of London?
The Great Fire of London in 1666 began in Thomas Farriner's bakery in Pudding Lane.
What was built to remember the great fire of London?
We usually remember the Great Fire of London by the famous children's rhyme as follows: London's burning, London's burning. Fetch the engines, fetch the engines. Fire fire, Fire Fire! Pour on water, pour on water. London's burning, London's burning.
What notable event affected london in september 1666?
The Great Fire of London began on the night of September 2, 1666
What year did the great fire of London happen?
The Great Fire of London happend in 1666 from September 2nd to September 5th. Wikipedia has alot of very good information this.
What impact did the great London fire have on the London fire brigade?
The Great Fire of London was in 1666 and London Fire Brigade didn't exist then.
Where did the big fire happen in 1666?
The Great Fire of London started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane in 1666.
When did the fire of London happen?
In 1666 AD. From a bakers oven, in Pudding Lane. Pudding Lane still exists. The Monument in London, was erected to memory of the Great Fire of London, by Sir Christopher Wren when he was rebuilding London (St. Paul's Cathedral included), after the Great Fire.
What year was the great fire of London?
The Great Fire of London happened in 1666
When did a great fire destroy parts of London?
The Great Fire of London was in 1666.
How did the fire department react to the great fire of London?
The Great Fire of London was in 1666 and there was no fire department at that time.
Was the great fire of London in Tudor times?
Tudor time of great fire of london
When did a great fire destroy major parts on London?
The Great Fire of London was in 1666.
What era was the great fire of London?
The Great Fire of London was in early September 1666.
When was the fire of London?
The Great Fire of London was in September, 1666.
What was the great fire in 1776?
the great fire of London
