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To be fair, the fire was back in 1666. Always with the tiny details...

In the video above, we get a bit of a preview on a joint project with build team Blockworks, Dragnoz, and the Museum of London, which features the great fire of London, and is appropriately titled, "The Great Fire of London". The map shown is pre-fire, and is a pretty fair representation of the city at the time. It is expected that there will be a post-fire model as well, and perhaps one mid-burn, though this isn't currently known for certain.

Perhaps more interesting than the map itself is all the goodies expected to come with it - hidden around the maps will be custom sound files, which paint a picture of the circumstances which led up to the fire, and a bit of history around the event as well. Pretty crazy!

The map is expected to become available next week, on Friday, July 29th.