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在17世纪的伦敦,火灾是司空见惯的事情。因此,当1666年9月2日星期日的凌晨,位于普丁巷的法里诺师傅的面包房失火的时候,几乎没有引起人们太多的警觉。“见鬼!”伦敦市长在凌晨接到失火报告时不屑地喊道,“随便谁撒泡尿就能把它灭掉。”很显然,市长大人不想让一点儿“小事”搅了他的休息日。但是,由于这个夏天炎热少雨,使得这些木制结构的建筑物变得十分干燥易燃。面包房燃烧的火舌和火星被强劲的风在狭窄的街道中吹得狂舞,引燃了紧邻的拥挤的房舍和商店。等到星期四的时候,四分之三的伦敦老城区已经沦为一片冒烟的废墟。
In the 17th century in London, fire was a common occurrence. As a result, when Farin’s master baker’s bunker at Putin Lane caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, September 2, 1666, there was hardly much alarm. “Hell!” The Mayor of London shouted disdainfully in the early hours of the fire report, “Expel it casually just by urinating.” “Obviously, mayor adults do not want a little” little things "Stirred his rest day. However, due to the hotter and drier summer this makes these wooden-framed buildings very dry and flammable. The burning flames of the bakery and Mars were blown by the strong wind in the narrow streets, igniting the congested houses and shops in the immediate vicinity. By Thursday, three-quarters of London’s Old City has been reduced to a smoking ruin.