The Great Fire of London Rages!

Welcome to History's Not Boring! Get ready for a story that is genuinely terrifying and totally fascinating: The Great Fire of London! Picture this: It's 1666, and London is a massive city, packed tight with about 80,000 people. But here's the scary part—most of the buildings were made of wood, squished together on narrow streets. That’s a disaster waiting to happen!

It all started innocently enough in a tiny bakery on Pudding Lane. But soon, flames jumped from roof to roof! We’ll talk about how this one small spark grew into a monster fire that destroyed most of the city. Why did the fire burn for four long days? How did they finally stop it? And what weird objects did people try to save from the blaze?

Join Mira and Finn as they explore the heat, the chaos, and the incredible rebirth of the mighty city of London. Learn about Samuel Pepys, the baker, and the massive changes that had to happen after the smoke cleared! Don't miss this blazing episode!