Fire Brigade
Luminarium
Fire begins
Fire of London
London Museum
100
September 2nd, 1666, at 1am.
When did the fire start?
100
His expensive cheese and wine.
What did Samuel Pepys bury in his garden?
100
A spark in a bakery
What was the origin of the fire?
100
His oven was not completely extinguished.
How did Thomas Farriner cause the fire?
100
Charles II
Who was King at the time of the fire?
200
Most of the houses were made of wood.
Why did the fire spread so fast?
200
Fired were a common occurrence at the time.
Why were Londoners originally not alarmed by the blaze?
200
Fifty years.
How long did it take to rebuild London?
200
It leapt across the street and set to straw in the stables of the Start Inn.
Where did the fire first spread?
200
The weather was very hot and it hadn’t rained for weeks.
How did the weather contribute to the fire?
300
Firefighters existed but did not have reliable methods to extinguish a fire.
Did firefighters exist at the time of the fire?
300
Leather buckets and fire squirts.
What did firefighters possess to fight the flames?
300
1700 Celsius degrees.
What was the temperature of the fire in Pudding Lane?
300
Sir Christopher Wren.
Who was in charge of rebuilding London?
300
He confessed to starting the fire.
Why was Lucky Hubert hanged?
400
Houses were blown up.
How was the fire stopped?
400
A diarist who recorded the Great Fire.
Who was Samuel Pepys?
400
They fled on the river or escaped in the fields.
How did Londoners get away from the fire?
400
Thirteen thousands houses burned and ninety churches were destroyed as well as scores of public buildings.
What was the physical damage to London?
400
They received a generous sum of money.
How did the King thank the firefighters?
500
The cost of rebuilding.
What was the Lord Mayor worried about?
500
They created a real firefighting brigade.
How did insurance companies prevent future fires?
500
The Tower of London.
Which famous monument was spared by the flames?
500
The king’s baker.
Who was Thomas Farriner?
500
A 202 feet monument was erected in Pudding Lane.
How is the Fire commemorated?
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