Good Morning!

The Great Fire of

London

Let’s go over what we

know about the fire.

Sunday 2nd September

Early Morning

The fire starts at a bakery on Pudding lane.

“I should

write this in

my diary!”

Samuel Pepys

Sunday 2nd September

Evening

People use leather buckets filled with water from the Thames to

try and stop the fire.

King Charles II

I have been told to blow

up houses to stop the

fire spreading… I hope

it will work!

Monday 3rd September

People carry their possessionsto safety using boats on the

River Thames.

The fire spreads very close to the Tower of London.

Tuesday 4th September

St Paul’s Cathedral is destroyed

by the fire.

Wednesday 5th SeptemberThe fire starts to burn more slowly as the wind dies

down.

Thursday 6th September

Early morning.

The very last fire is extinguished.

• More than 13000 houses were destroyed!

• The fire burnt for 5 days!

• Christopher Wren developed the plans for the restoration of the city.

• We only know what happened because of the diary kept by Samuel Pepys

On the 350th year

anniversary of

The Great Fire of London

these stamps were released.

They identify the key details

of the events that happened.

Do you think

you could

create your

own comic?