Do You Want To Start The Great Fire Of London In MINECRAFT

It was a catastrophe that London had never experienced before beginning when a fire erupted in an East End bakery in July 1666.

The flame quickly spread and continued to burn for days, engulfing cities in swathes and claiming thousands of homes.

Thanks to a variety of maps specially designed for Minecraft gamers can now enjoy the first-person perspective of The Great Fire of London.

Gamers are being offered the first-person view of The Great Fire of London, thanks to a number of specially-designed maps that can be played in the popular game Minecraft. Minecraft

MINECRAFT FIRE MAPS

The Museum of London created the Minecraft maps to mark 350 years since the onset of the blaze.

Players can explore the burning city through a series of mini games.

The second map, to be released in the next month, will show how the fire began and spread throughout the city.

Players will be able to recreate the Great Fire through a number of mini games, while tongues of flame burn in the world of blocks.

In playing as a reporter from the London Gazette, whose offices were claimed by the flames on the second day of the fire, gamers will decide the household items that need to be saved.

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The second map, to be released in the coming months, will show the way the fire started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner (pictured) and spread throughout the city

Mini games let players relive the Great Fire. They can join fire fighters fighting the flames using traditional tools such as replicas of the 17th Century firetruck (pictured) or leather buckets.

They can then walk through various terrains, including forests and caves. To get a bird's-eye view, players can fly up in the air.

With the Oculus Rift, now available players can now experience virtual reality.

Joshua Blair, the museum's digital learning coordinator, stated that the map that was the first in the Great Fire1666 series let us make visitors feel part of London's history and its times in 1666. Chilling And Killing were able recreate the narrow streets and iconic landmarks such St Paul's Cathedral or London Bridge to set the scene for the fire.

He added: "This second map is where you can discover the Great Fire story. We hope players are interested in learning more about this important moment in London's history.

According to its creators, the mini-games draw in historical figures, including King Charles II, Thomas Farriner - whose bakery ignited the fire and also the famous diarist Samuel Pepys, who documented the fire.

The museum's Great Fire 1666 exhibit that runs until April 2017, features the game.

Players will be available to download the latest maps for PC and Mac from 2 September.