The Great Fire Of London

The great fire of London arguably left a far greater mark on the city of London when compared to the plage. Just hit by the plague of sixteen sixty-six London was in a time of recovery, unfortunately a year later they were hit again by another natural disaster. A fire that left four hundred and thirty-six acres of land destroyed, over eighty churches burned to the ground, thirteen thousand houses demolished, sixty-five people displaced and six deaths, not including other related deaths. The fire required over one hundred fireman, twenty fire trucks and three days to put out; although the plague killed more people the fire had a greater impact as a whole. The fire overall caused more damage, hit during a time of recovery and left many people

The baker and his wife thought they had put out a fire previously started that nights, there is many conspiracy theories as to the what really started the fire but many believe that the baker did not extinguish the fire properly. The heat from the oven caused sparks to ignite the wooden home, although the baker and his family escaped one of his helper perished in the flames. The fire spread quickly due to the city being built in all wood, spreading all the way to the Thames. Helped by the east winds the fire reached the Thames where it quickly reacted with the combustible items, such as hay and oil, and acted like a bomb exploding the fire even more into the city. By eight in the morning the fire had spread out to over fifty percent of the city. Lord Mayor Bludworth was suppose to implicate the “fire-breaker” but refused because he was afraid it would cost more money to rebuild the demolished part of the city. This in return cause more damage and caused the fire to blaze for another three days. Finally the king enforced a fire-breaker to be made, the city quickly demolished the Paper House cause in the fire to die down enough for the “firemen” to extinguish the

Saint Paul’s though was one of the finest in London with a unique design that drawed in many people. Previously destroyed in a fire from 1087 the Cathedral already had many problems, the fire in 1966 was the third fire the Cathedral had been though. In 1668 the cathedral was taken down and was to be rebuilt into a more lavish building. The rebuild took over thirty years to rebuild and was lead by Sir Christopher Wren and became one of the finest churches in the English baroque. Standing at the head of Ludgate Hill where many say the first original Cathedral stood. With an exterior dome that is ranked as one of the best in the world the Cathedral is a major source of tourist attraction. Unfortunately the Cathedral was hit again during World War II and did not get chance to open. The Cathedral finally was restored to Wren’s original plan and was officially completed in 1962. The king also appointed Wren to design a monument for the Great Fire, which still stand where the fire originally