10. Official records show only six deaths due to the Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London began on September 2, 1666, in a baker’s shop on Pudding Lane. Within three days, it had wiped out 89 churches, and 13,500 houses. 90% of London’s 80,000 inhabitants were left homeless. However, the records record only six deaths from the fire. Amongst them were an unnamed maid from the baker’s in Pudding Lane and three people from St Paul’s Cathedral who were mummified by the heat. However, it is likely that hundreds or even several thousand people died in the fire. To some extent, disarray in administration explains to some extent the low official death toll following the conflagration. However, some bodies became lost amongst the ashes of buildings while other victims went unnoticed as no one missed them.