1The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2,1666
In four days, it destroyed more than three quarters of the old city, where most of those houses were built out of wood and close together
One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only few lost their lives
The fire started on Sunday morning
By eight o’clock, three hundred houses were on fire
On Monday, nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames
Tuesday was the worst day
The fire destroyed many well–known buildings
The fire stopped only when the king finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire
With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out
Questions: 1
To stop the fire, what did the king finally order people to do
