The Great Fire of London

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Rules were introduced to ensure each parish had two fire ‘squirts’, a highly primitive wheeled bucket and barrel contraption that acted as an early fire engine and set the foundation for today’s fire brigade.
The London Fire Prevention Regulations of 1668 established new rules for water supply pipework and infrastructure that lay the origins for the modern fire hydrant systems of today.
Amazingly only 16 people had died.
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