About 17,500 buildings were destroyed and 90,000 people were homeless.
Nearly all of the buildings were burned down because they were built of wood, so the fire spread very quickly.
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The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed most of the buildings which preceded that time, but the Tower of London (11th century and earlier) survived.
The library survived
St pauls cathedral was burnt to the ground along with a few other trade buildings
The Great Fire of London traveled from house to house, building to building because the buildings were made predominantly from wood and the streets were extremely narrow. Add this to the fact that London had experienced a dry summer and London was extremely flammable.
They changed a lot of things - buildings (timber to stone or brick) etc
Wilberforce Jenkinson has written: 'A literary topography of old London' -- subject(s): Westminster Palace (London, England), Buildings, structures, Great Britain. Parliament, Great Britain, Palaces, Great Britain Parliament (The buildings), Historic houses, Historic buildings 'London churches before the great fire.' -- subject(s): Church buildings, Church history
Sir Christopher Wren designed a number of the large buildings after the great fire in London in 1666. After that fire it became illegal to have thatched roofs.
They used water from the River Thames but the fire eventually died by itself when it ran out of buildings to burn.
The Great Fire of London was in 1666 and London Fire Brigade didn't exist then.
No, it survived the fire.
Most of Chicago had to be rebuilt because of it.
The Great Fire of London happened in 1666