Great Fire of London Year 2

On which day did the Great Fire of London begin?

Sunday 2nd September, 1666

Sunday 3rd September, 1666

Monday 3rd September, 1666

We don't know the actual start date.

How many days did the fire burn?

4 days

A long time

About a week

A full day

Where did the fire start?

In Pudding Lane

In Pudding Road

In Bakers Lane

In Seething Lane

Who was Thomas Farriner?

The King's baker

The owner of the bakers shop on Pudding Lane

Samuel Peyps' friend

The person who started the fire

How did the fire start?

The oven was left on.

We don't actually know.

Sparks jumped out of the oven.

Someone started it on purpose.

Why did the fire spread so far and quickly? (Tick as many as apply)

How did they try to put the fire out?

Fire engines.

Using fire hooks to pull down the houses.

Using gunpowder to blow up houses and create fire breaks.

Buckets of water from the Thames.

They couldn't do anything.

Why did the fire stop in the end?

The wind died down.

They used gunpowder to create firebreaks so it couldn't get over the gap.

The water from the Thames put it out.

The fire service put it out.

Who was Samuel Peyps?

He kept a diary about the events of 1666.

He was Thomas Farriners' friend.

He lived in Pudding Lane.

He put the Great Fire of London out.

What did we learn from the Great Fire of London? How did things change? (Tick all that apply)

Houses were built further apart.

There are rules about the materials houses are built from.

There are organised fire departments now.

There is better equipment to fight fires and early warning systems like smoke alarms.

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