sep 2, 1666 - London’s Burning: The Great Fire

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Even though fires were common in London during the time, in the years before, there had been rumors going around that London was going to be completely destroyed by the biggest fire that anyone has ever seen. In the latter part of 1666, the fire started from the King’s baker’s house. The buildings at the time were mostly made of wood and they were close enough that a person could run amongst the roofs. Due to these things, the fire was able to grow dangerously big very quickly. After four days of the fire moving and burning everything down in its path, there were four casualties and a sixth of the population had been left without a place to live. Afterwards, there had been a lot of confusion about the cause of this massive fire. Most of the townspeople thought that there had been an outside enemy that caused the fire, but Charles II was convinced that it was an act of God.

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