The Great Fire of London in 1666 began at a bakery in Pudding Lane and lasted for four days, leaving 100,000 homeless. Though its destruction was severe, recorded fatalities were low. A modern mapping by Julian Hoffman Anton suggests that a similar blaze would consume nearly all of the City of London today, threatening landmarks like St Paul’s Cathedral and various modern structures. Firefighting methods at the time were rudimentary, which contributed to the fire's rapid spread, exacerbated by the city's flammable architecture.
In 1666 there was no organised fire brigade. Firefighting was very basic with little skill or knowledge involved. Leather buckets, axes and water squirts were used to fight the fire, but had little effect.
Julian Hoffman Anton has mapped the path of the Great Fire of London onto the modern-day city. It shows that if the same fire were to spread in 2025, it would engulf almost all of the City of London.
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