This is a re-enactment of how the story of the 1666 Great Fire of London would look today. Scroll down for our live blog. St Paul’s Cathedral has been destroyed by fire. At around 8pm ...

1966 marks the tercentenary of the Great Fire of London ... more widely separated than they were in the London of 1666, the Chicago fire was a much faster spreading and more destructive fire.

The Great Fire of London in 1666, which razed 436 acres of the mostly-timber city and lasted for four days, was so devastating it secured its place in the history books. But a key part of this ...

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1666, 80% of medieval London burned to the ground in the largest fire in the city's history. The fire raged for more than three days, consuming huge swaths of the city, but the Great Fire of ...

The Great Fire of London by Josepha Jane Battlehooke (1675). Credit: Museum of London If you had been in London on September 2, 1666, the chances are you'd remember exactly where you were and who ...