Great Fire of London In those days people in London usually built houses of wood, and they often were near one another. Sometimes there were fires in the city, but they were usually small. Then came 1666, the year of the Great fire of London.
On Saturday, 2nd September 1666 there was a strong wind from the river and a big fire began. It started in the house of the king’s baker, near London Bridge.
The baker’s wife woke up in the middle of the night because the house started burning and the next … the fire burnt until Thursday. Many houses in London were burnt. The fire burnt for four days and destroyed 80% of the city. More than 250 thousand people didn’t have home anymore. After the Great fire people built a new city.