1. The Great Fire of London
By Riley Clarke

2. The Great Fire of London began on 2nd September 1666 and lasted just under five days
It started in a bakery on Pudding Lane
It may have been caused by a spark from the bakers oven falling onto a pile of fuel

3. As the fire was spreading so quickly most Londoners concentrated on escaping rather than fighting the fire
100,000 people were made homeless
Six people were killed

4. One third of London was destroyed
The houses were made from wood and had straw roofs and were built close together
13,200 houses and 87 out of 109 churches were destroyed by the fire including St Pauls Cathedral

5. There was no fire brigade, so Londoners themselves had to fight the fire helped by local soldiers
They used buckets of water, water squirts and fire hooks
The fire hooks were used to pull down houses to stop the fire from spreading