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The Great Fire of London in 1666 was partly caused by the drought of an unseasonably hot summer, and London had practically no rain for over a year. The wooden buildings in the city were tinder dry when the fire started on 2nd September, and thus spread easily, raging out of control for three days and three nights.

Only a week later the drought ended, and then in early October London enjoted 10 days of continuous rain, which might well have saved the city had it arrived a little more than a month earlier.