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The Great Fire of London in 1666 started in a bakery during a drought and spread rapidly, destroying over 78% of the city, including 13,200 houses, 87 churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and more. People tried to stop the fire by destroying buildings, using water from buckets and reservoirs, and building walls, but were unable to prevent widespread damage. Over 80,000 people lost their homes in the fire.
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The Great Fire of London started in 1666 in a bakery owned by Thomas Faynor in Pudding Lane. The fire spread quickly through the densely packed wooden buildings and thatched roofs, fueled by strong winds. There were no organized fire services, so attempts to douse the flames with buckets of water failed to stop the fire's spread over four days, destroying much of the city. After the fire, the rebuilt city used bricks instead of wood for construction and a fire service was established to prevent future disasters.
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The Great Fire of London in 1666 started in the early morning of September 2nd in the bakery of Thomas Farriner on Pudding Lane. It raged out of control for nearly 5 days, gutting most of the central city inside the old Roman walls and destroying over 13,000 homes. Londoners fled with what belongings they could carry, escaping to the river Thames or outside the city walls. There were no fire brigades, so soldiers and residents fought the flames by pulling down houses to create fire breaks and dousing it with water from buckets and squirts. In the end, over 80% of the city was destroyed, including St. Paul's Cathedral, though the fires were prevented from spreading to other
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The document discusses the Great Fire of London of 1666, which spread rapidly and burned for several days. It asks why the fire spread so quickly and widely, and stayed lit for a long period of time. Images show streets filled with flames and people fleeing the destructive fire that engulfed much of central London. Sources are listed that provide further historical information about the major fire.
The Great fire of London - 1666
The Great Fire of London began in the early morning of September 2nd, 1666 in the bakery of Thomas Farynor. Strong winds helped the fire spread quickly from the bakery to nearby St. Margaret Church and then the wharves along the Thames River, which were filled with combustible materials that fueled the fire. Though the loss of life was relatively small at around 16 people, the fire destroyed over 80% of London, burning for nearly 4 days and consuming 430 acres including 13,000 houses and 89 churches before finally stopping.
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The document outlines a lesson on the Great Fire of London in 1666. It includes objectives to ask and answer questions in the past simple tense and increase vocabulary on historic fires and past activities. There are presentations on the events of the fire, including how it started in a bakery on Pudding Lane and spread rapidly through London's crowded and wooden buildings. It discusses the damage caused, rescue efforts on the Thames River, and how the fire was eventually stopped after several days. Students are asked questions to check their understanding and given a matching exercise to complete sentences about key details of the Great Fire of London.
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The Great Fire of London began in the early morning of September 2nd, 1666 in the bakery of Thomas Farynor. Strong winds helped the fire spread quickly from the bakery to nearby St. Margaret Church and then the wharves along the Thames River, which were filled with combustible materials that fueled the fire. Though the loss of life was relatively small at around 16 people, the fire destroyed over 80% of London, burning for nearly 4 days and consuming 430 acres including 13,000 houses and 89 churches before finally stopping.
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- 1. The great fire of London Aïda Sibaï 4 ESO C
- 2. Introduction • The Great Fire of London was a raging fire that ravaged central London on 2nd to 5th September 1666. It destroyed 78% of the city.
- 3. How the fire has broken out? • The fire broke out on Saturday 2nd September in a bakery in the north of London. • London was ending a period of drought, the woods of houses were pretty dry and the fire spread very fast.
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- 5. How have they turned off the fire • To turn off the fire the people tried to destroy buildings all around to stop the fire. • They also used big recipients of water • And they tried to stop the wind building big walls all around the fire.
- 6. Consequences • . It destroyed 13,200 houses, • 87 parish churches • 44 halls of the Livery Company, • the Royal Exchange, • the Customs House, • St. Paul's Cathedral, • the palace Correctional and other prisons of the city, • four bridges over the rivers Thames and Fleet • And three gates of the city. More than 80,000 people left his home because of the fire and the number of deaths is unknown.