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Sunday, Past Midnight
Thomas Farynor forgot put out the fire in one of his ovens. -
Sunday, 4:00
Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Bloodworth was woken up and summoned to the place of fire -
Sunday, Early morning
When Bloodworth arrived, the flames were consuming the adjoining houses and creeping towards the paper warehouses and flammable stores on the riverfront -
Sunday, Afternoon
The fire spread quickly in the high wind and the moving human mass and their bundles and carts made the lanes impassable for firemen and carriages -
Monday
The fire was principally expanding north and west by dawn on Monday, 3 September, the turbulence of the fire storm pushing the flames both farther south and farther north than the day before -
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Monday–Wednesday
During these days fire was expanding due to strong winds -
Wednesday
The strong winds finally died down, to bring the fire under control -
Thursday
The fire was totally extinguished. Five-sixths of the heart of the city had been destroyed. Astonishingly, however, it is thought that fewer than ten people died in the blaze! Fortunately, this great fire stopped the plague
