![]() ![]() ![]() The use of the major firefighting technique of the time, the creation of firebreaks by means of demolition, was critically delayed due to the indecisiveness of the Lord Mayor, Sir Thomas Bloodworth. The fire started in a bakery shortly after midnight on Sunday, 2 September, and spread rapidly. ![]() ![]() It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of more than 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants. It threatened, but did not reach, the City of Westminster (today's West End), Charles II's Palace of Whitehall, and most of the suburban slums. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. 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. Central London in 1666, with the burnt area shown in pink. ![]()
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