London is at an increased risk of wildfires this summer, the UK capital’s fire service has warned, as it steps up efforts to prepare for blazes by investing in new equipment and sending ...

Girl, 13, fighting for life after escaping north London house fire which killed mother and three children. Police are continuing to question a 41-year-old man on suspicion of murder ...

Over the last half-term key stage one students at Warwick Bridge Primary School have been learning about the Great Fire of London in 1666. As part of their learning, the pupils made their own ...

Greenpeace UK said the "high speed of the collision and the footage of the aftermath are cause for great concern," but stressed it is "too early to assess the extent of any environmental damage." A ...

The Great Fire of London: A Timeline of Tragedy. Posted: February 19, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025. Today we thought we would travel outside of the Middle Ages and into the early modern period.

On the morning of Sunday, Sept. 2, 1666, in the house of the King’s baker in London’s Pudding Lane, fire broke out. Four days long it raged in the scrambled streets and. along the water front; t ...

On September 2, 1666, 80% of medieval London burned to the ground in the largest fire in the city's history. The fire raged for more than three days, consuming huge swaths of the city, but the ...

Braidwood later moved to London, where he used his experience to train the London Fire Brigade. He was at a huge blaze at Cotton’s Wharf near the Thames in June 1861, when an explosion buried ...

If you had been in London on September 2 1666, the chances are you’d remember exactly where you were and who you were with. This was the day the Great Fire began, sweeping across the city for ...

The Great Fire of London in 1666, which razed 436 acres of the mostly-timber city and lasted for four days, was so devastating it secured its place in the history books. CNN values your feedback 1.

Just six people were officially recorded to have lost their lives, but the Great Fire meant almost 85% of London's population was homeless. Also, the number of deaths is thought to be much higher.