This Is Where The Great Fire Of London Actually Started #shorts

In 1666, a baker's oven ruined everyone's hot girl summer.

#AbsoluteHistory

[Blorb]

Imagine leaving the stove on and u get immortalized as that bozo who burned down the entire city

[TheNoise]

It was built on the spot of the first church destroyed, not the site of the fire. It's 202ft tall, which is the same as the distance from the monument to the original site of the fire.

[crazyadam]

It's nice to know politicians haven't changed one bit in the 357 years since this event happened.

[outdoorscholar]

A politician pretending that the situation is under control when it is anything but under control?

A tale as old as time 😌

[cheeseman]

"We didn't start the fire...it was always burning, since the world's been turning..."

[trevorkendall]

As a child, I remember being able to climb up the stairs on the inside of The Monument, in Pudding Lane!

[Rapidly_]

They DID put the monument where the fire started, kind of. They made it so that if you imagine the monument falling over, the golden flame on top would hit the ground directly where the fire actually started! Just imagine it lying on the ground starting from where it stands, the length is exactly the distance to the point where the fire began.

[patrickwatters]

The fire also killed all the rats which carried the flea that spread the plague. Every cloud.

[CheekieCharlie]

If jumping into the Thames is the better option you know it was bad

[Silksistired]

the king at the time legitimately helped fight the fires

[Wessex]

I read that Charles II personally went down to lead/oversee the fire fighting effort.

[DragonsAndDragons]

Wow, maybe the next school that gets built should be cleverly called "The School" 😂

[DavidLeeKersey]

The King had to step in and ordered buildings demolished to create a fire break.

[r.awilliams]

The Monument was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, who essentially rebuilt most of London over the next couple of decades after the fire. Hooke was also the architect of Bethlem Royal Hospital at Moorfields, aka Bedlam.

[dragonlord]

imagine accidentally forgetting to turn your baking oven off and burning down most of London

[FindingGreenOS]

I don't think the Monument ever claimed to be on the spot where the fire started.

[Aoderic]

I blame the women of London for not trying to piss out the fire 🤨

[amandapurplekeys]

It was a spark from the oven fire set the straw that lined floors alight. The ovens were very rarely “turned off”

[tangomango]

It'd be so surreal to see a picture of what the city of London looked like at the time!

[carmenburton]

Some guy valued his Cheese.. yes..cheese. apparently it was expensive so before leaving his property.. he buried it.. came back a few days after, when everything was over.. and his cheese was Fine..