The Great Fire of London in 1666 consumed about four-fifths of the City. Some buildings escaped, but most have since been demolished or destroyed in the Blitz. Yet, here and there, one can still ...

September 2, 1666, London: It was just another day ... Seeing the fire, the maid panicked and tried to climb out of the building but failed. She was the first victims of the fire.

Wren's commissions spill far beyond London, and include landmark buildings in Oxford ... after most of it burned down in the Great Fire of 1666, which was never put into place.

After the Great Fire of 1666, which destroyed more than 85 percent ... (3) Commercial streets were no less hazardous. Many London buildings were made with such shoddy materials - crumbling bricks ...