Beginning at a bakery in Pudding Lane, the catastrophic fire blazed for more than three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, churches and government buildings.
The 999 service was launched in London on 30 June 1937, and initially covered a 12 mile radius from Oxford Street.
The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic Sinhalese.
Charles VI of France danced in the Bal des Ardents in which four people died after their costumes caught fire.
The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
The worst fire in the history of the London Underground killed 31 people at Kings Cross St Pancras station.
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