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The Great Fire of London started in a bakery on Pudding Lane.

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The Great Fire of London started on 2 September 1666 in Thomas Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane. The flames lasted four days and destroyed about 13,000 houses. Despite the destruction, only six recorded deaths occurred.

Source: BBC History

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