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A number of sources have been referenced
throughout the report and the content of this
report is limited by the availability of information.
A number of witnesses who provided evidence
to a committee established by Parliament
after the fire described the fire originating at a
bakery in Pudding Lane in the City of London.
The fire spread to multiple structures over a
four-day period. It destroyed 80% of the City
of London including 373 acres within the City
Walls and 63 acres outside them. The property
destruction included 87 out of 109 churches,
six chapels, 13,200 houses, three City gates
and 44 livery halls .
Some 100,000 people were made homeless
and six people were reported to have died in
the fire, although the number of fatalities may
not be accurate considering the speed at which
the fire spread and the time of night at the
beginning of the fire.
The spread of the fire was due to the dry
conditions following a drought in 1666; the low
tide and lack of water for fire fighting as the
fire developed; the building materials used in
the City of London at that time and the strong
easterly winds.
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