Why was it so difficult to put the great fire of London out?

Answer 1

5_Main_reasons:

1. it was September when the fire started and there had been a drought due to the very hot summer
2. Most houses were made from wood that was very dry - like tinder that is amazingly flammable
3. The houses were close together so the fire spread quickly through each one
4. There was no fire brigade
5. The wind was blowing towards the most densely populated part of London so the fire wiped out that part quickly
6. Houses did not have running water. Water came from pumps in the streets. The water pump near where the fire started was out of order.

13,200 houses were destroyed in the Great Fire of London between 2-5 Sep. 1666.

Answer 2

because the fire is huge

Not because it was huge.....but because it destroyed all but a few bits of London, remember the houses and buildings were made of wood, so the fire spread quickly, so therefore great in this sense means important not huge

Answer 3

Because it wasn't an ordinary fire. It destroyed most of London in 1066.

1066 was The Battle of Hastings. The Great Fire of London was in 1666.

Answer 4

because the houses were so tightly packed together, that they couldn't be knocked down.- it would be too difficult.

Answer 5

It was a blessing in disguise because it put an end to the Bubonic Plague epidemic which had killed thousands of Londoners. There are no recorded instances of anyone being killed in the fire.