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Thomas Farynor was a baker who lived in Pudding Lane. He forgot to put out one of his ovens.
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At 1:00 am a spark set fire to the straw on the floor of the bakery. The family was trapped upstairs but managed to climb from an upstairs window to the house next door, except for a maidservant who was too frightened to try, who became the first victim.
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At 4:00 London's mayor, sir Thomas Blooworth, was adviced to demolished houses.
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The wind finally died down evening, and firemen finally began to take effect.
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The result of the fire was that 5/6 of the heart of the city had been destroyed.
The fire destroyed 13,500 houses, 87 churches, 44 livery company buildings, the Royal exchange, Custom house, St Paul's Cathedral, Bridewell, and other city prisons, and 3 of the city's Western gates-Ludgate, Newgate, and Aldersgate. -
the monument, installed in the center of London, is a Roman column with a height of 61.57 meters, built in 1671-1677 by the architect Christopher Wren and the scientist Robert Hooke. The monument is the world's tallest free standing column.
