when did the fire start?
2 September 1666
Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666.
what caused the great fire of london to stop The strong east wind dropped, and the Tower of London garrison used gunpowder to create effective firebreaks
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Great Fire of London [SEP] Introduction
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened but did not reach the City of Westminster (today's West End), Charles II's Palace of Whitehall, or most of the suburban slums. It destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities. It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants. The fire started in a bakery shortly after midnight on Sunday, 2 September, and spread rapidly.