Early Sunday morning
Fire breaks out at
Thomas Farriner’s
bakery in Pudding
Lane, London.
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Hot, dry and windy.
Mid Sunday morning
News of the fire spreads.
People run to escape.
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Hot, dry and windy.
Sunday morning
Samuel Pepys begins
keeping a diary of
events.
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Hot, dry and windy.
Sunday evening
Hot, dry and windy.
Houses are pulled down to try and stop
the fire spreading.
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Early Monday morning
Hot, dry and windy.
The River Thames is full of boats carrying
people’s possessions to safety.
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Late Monday morning
Carts are banned
near the fire.
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Hot, dry and windy.
Monday evening
The fire is just 300
yards from the
Tower of London.
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Hot, dry and windy.
Tuesday
Hot, dry and windy.
St Paul’s Cathedral
is destroyed.
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Wednesday
Hot, dry, but NO wind.
Fire burns more slowly because the wind
has died down.
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Thursday evening
The fire is finally put out.
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Hot, dry, but NO wind.