Who Started The Great Fire Of London? | After Dark Classics

Part 1/2. London's Burning! London's Burning! Disaster strikes in 1666 as the dense, mostly wooden, city of London begins to burn. Who started the fire? Why did it spread like none before or since? Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the story, including a special contribution from Pete Zymanczyk, a retired LFB firefighter who is now a City of London Guide. They offer dozens of historical tours of the City of London. 0:00 Introduction: London Before the Fire 1:05 Pudding Lane and the Royal Baker Thomas Fariner 2:24 The Spark: Fire at the Baker's House (1:00 AM) 3:55 Welcome to After Dark: The Great Fire of London 5:05 Historical Context: 17th Century Fears & The Year 1666 11:47 Did the Fire Start in Pudding Lane? 13:25 Thomas Dagger and the First Witness 19:42 How Fast Did the Fire Spread? (Firefighter Expertise) 26:36 Lord Mayor Bloodworth's Failure to Act 28:46 Samuel Pepys Watches the Conflagration 35:43 The City Transformed: A Mile-Long Arch of Fire Edited by Matt Peaty & McKenna Fernandez. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds. #HistoryHitPodcast #AfterDark #FireOfLondon