Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Hotel franchise - A terrible disaster that destroyed London, what happened, but unexpectedly saved Britain's national fortune?

A terrible disaster that destroyed London, what happened, but unexpectedly saved Britain's national fortune?

A fire broke out in England. Originally, a small bakery caught fire, which could not have caused such a big accident. However, because the fire was not stopped in time and there were many flammable materials around, this huge disaster was caused. Visible, in densely populated cities, fire prevention measures are really too important, which is related to the British ruler charles ii at that time.

When the 0 1. fire broke out, the British government did not take effective measures.

Chef Farinaud finished his day's work and was ready to get off work. He changed his clothes, locked the bakery door and went home. However, he ignored the oven for baking bread because it was not turned off. When he was sleeping that night, he heard that there was a fire. Suddenly awakened, he fled with others and watched the fire. However, the wind was very strong that night, and no relevant personnel presided over the fire fighting, which caused great losses.

02. The bakery is surrounded by houses, and there are too many flammable items to put out the fire.

Why is the fire so big? Mainly to let people from nearby flock to London to work after the British industrial revolution. But there are not enough houses in London, so all the poor people have to build their own houses. Around the bakery, it also belongs to a serious disorderly construction area. Houses are connected, one is burned, and the others are hard to escape. People who can manage things don't like the poor people here, so they have already moved away.

There is always a silver lining behind the dark clouds, and the Black Death in England was alleviated after the fire.

The disaster caused by this fire can't be measured by money, but we have an old saying? An old frontiersman loses his horse—a blessing in disguise. . The fire in England caused bad things, but unexpectedly, the Black Death in England was contained by the fire. The fire was so strong that none of the mice carrying pathogens escaped, and the incurable plague at that time disappeared without a trace because of the fire.

Charles ii returned to London after the disaster and actively organized people to rebuild after the disaster. Britain has no epidemic diseases and has quickly become one of the world powers.