The Great Fire of London (1666) was no doubt a huge devastation to Londoners at the time with over 13,500 houses destroyed. The total value of the destruction (not just houses) was first valued at...
The following excerpt is from: http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/fire/story.html The fire was checked in the east by gunpowder explosions, which created large firebreaks and saved...