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The Great Fire of London destroyed the medieval city centre
A bakery fire in Pudding Lane burned for four days in September 1666
Starting at a bakery on Pudding Lane on 2 September 1666, the Great Fire consumed over thirteen thousand timber houses, eighty-seven parish churches, and Old Saint Paul's Cathedral. Rebuilding efforts led by Sir Christopher Wren replaced narrow wooden streets with stone structures and improved urban safety standards.
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