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The Great Fire of London started 350 years ago when a baker's oven caught fire. It quickly spread through the wooden buildings of the city destroying four-fifths of Medieval London. It took four days to put out the fire that made over 60 000 people homeless. Dr Matthew Green is an author of a history of London called London, a Travel Guide Through Time. (Picture: Flames are projected on to the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, as seen from One New Change, as a rehearsal for the London's Burning Festival which will take place on Sunday commemorating the Great Fire of London at St Paul's Cathedral on August 30, 2016 in London, England; Credit: Getty Images)