The Great Fire Of London The Sacrifice Of Thousands Of Lives

History


The great fire of London is an event of great fire that hit the city of London, United Kingdom on Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. This firedestroyed large parts of the city, but could not attain the aristocratic district ofWestminster, the Palace of King Charles II in Whitehall, and most of the slum on the outskirts of the city. The great fire of London scorch around 13200 houses, 87 parish churches, 6 Chapel, including the Cathedral of Saint Paul and most of the other important buildings in London. About 100,000 people, or one sixth of London's inhabitants at that time, homeless because of this event.

The number of victims who were killed by this fire is not known and is generallyconsidered to be small, recorded only six deaths were verified. However recentlyemerged a theory that States that the possibility of thousands of deaths of the poorand the middle class is not recorded because most of them have been destroyed bywithout recognition. This accident has led to the emergence of social and economicproblems in London. The evacuation of refugees to other places outside of London it is recommended by King Charles II who were concerned the existence of a rebellionby the inhabitants of the abandoned post fire. Although many of the filing plan of the new city planning problem, London was eventually rebuilt with exactly the city planning with the city planning before the onset of fire.

So dangerous fire which of course very many cause loss, may the fire of the mostdeprived him of this man's life gives us the knowledge to more caution again againstfire hazard so that we are better able to prevent it as early as possible.