London was burning again tonight - 350 years after the Great Fire tore the heart out of the British capital. A 400ft wooden model went up in flames on the River Thames to mark the anniversary ...

A new exhibition brings the Great Fire of 1666 to life with artefacts, paintings, film and interactive displays. The towering inferno started as a humble fire in a baker's shop and went on to rage ...

The 1666 fire burnt for four days and destroyed 13,200 houses, leaving at least 70,000 of the City of London’s inhabitants homeless (out of a population of 80,000). It consumed 87 churches as ...

It raged for a staggering four days, destroying a quarter of 17th century London. “The first map in the Great Fire 1666 series has allowed us to really immerse players in the life and times of ...

Shortly after midnight on Sunday, September 2, 1666, a fire broke out at a bakery in Pudding Lane. In the days that followed, the fire proceeded to destroy around 80% of the old City of London.

The Great Fire of London of 1666 needs little introduction. In one combustable nutshell, the four-day fire destroyed much of the ancient heart of the city, taking with it 87 churches, 13,000 ...

A new exhibition at the Museum of London recreates scenarios from the Great Fire of 1666, allowing visitors to step back in time to Pudding Lane.

The investigation into what started the devastating blaze at the capital's iconic Somerset House continues today as fire crews remain on site. Twenty fire engines and around 125 firefighters were ...

A blaze that broke out at London’s historic Somerset House on Saturday required around 125 firefighters to bring it under control, according to the London Fire Brigade.