all old cities, the City of London has experienced numerous serious fires in the course of its history. The earliest fire of which there is definitive...

The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the...

arches) and 1437 (two arches). In 1212, perhaps the greatest of the early fires of London broke out, spreading as far as the chapel and trapping many people...

The Fires of London, founded as the Pierrot Players, was a British chamber music ensemble which was active from 1965 to 1987. The Pierrot Players was...

On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 BST and burned...

multitude of ad-hoc firefighting arrangements and the Great Fire of London, various insurance companies established firefighting units to tackle fires that...

of the fire, all but two being minors. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fires. List of fires by locations List of fires in Canada List of fires...

The Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade, previously known as the Chief Fire Officer until c. 2000, is the head of the London Fire Brigade. Andy Roe...

2nd century, Roman London had a population of about 60,000. With the early 5th-century collapse of Roman rule, the walled city of Londinium was effectively...

Early Christianity, otherwise called the Early Church or Paleo-Christianity, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council...

only a small part of the wider metropolis. Some recent discoveries indicate probable very early settlements near the Thames in the London area. At the Fulham...

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the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. July 10 – The Great Fire: The most severe of several early fires of London burns most of the city to the ground;...

of fire departments List of fires History of the Belfast Fire Brigade Fires in Edo Ancient Rome: From the Early Republic to the Assassination of Julius...

Great Fire of London in 1666. Both of these fires were referred to as the Great Fire. After the fire of 1666, a number of plans were drawn up to remodel the...

simulation of the fire, and confirmed in two tests on scale models. London Underground was strongly criticised for its attitude toward fires; staff were...

management. These fires were typically controlled burns or "cool fires", as opposed to uncontrolled "hot fires", which damage the soil. Hot fires destroy plants...

emergencies ranging from fires, rescues, vehicle extrication, floods, salvage, casualty and trauma care. The design and size of a fire appliance depends very...

list of notable ecclesiastical buildings that have suffered significant fires. Some medieval-era places of worship have been subject to repeated fires, causing...

avoidance of rain/snow extinguishment by the crust, underground coal-seam fires are the most persistent fires on Earth and can burn for thousands of years...

shirt for tinder. The main fires, according to the testimony of experts at the trial, had been set with considerable quantities of chemicals and gasoline...

of the tunnel. Eurotunnel commissioned the UK Fire Research Station—now part of the Building Research Establishment—to give reports of vehicle fires,...

incentives were offered to householders to replace open coal fires with alternatives (such as gas fires), or to burn coke instead, which produces minimal smoke...

982 – An early fire of London takes place. 989 – An early fire of London burns from Aldgate to Ludgate. 1009 – August: Vikings attack London. 1014? Olaf...

The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames...

caused by fires, to help mitigate the effects of fire and of fire-fighting and to salvage both premises and goods affected by fire. The London Salvage Corps...

packed a fire was inevitable. Fires in Rome were common, especially in houses, and fires that had occurred previously in Rome and destroyed parts of major...

Greater London is an administrative area in England, coterminous with the London region, containing most of the continuous urban area of London. It contains...

guide for London (Ontario). London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324...

February 1667 in the aftermath of the Great Fire of London and drawn up by Sir Matthew Hale. An earlier Act, the Fire of London Disputes Act 1666, had set...