Are you Interested in Trying to Put out the Great Fire of London In MINECRAFT?

It was a disaster London has never experienced before, beginning with a fire in an East End bakery on July 1666.

The fire quickly spread and continued to take over for days, consuming swatches of the city and claiming thousands of homes.

Today, players can get a first person view of the Great Fire of London, thanks to a number of specially designed maps that can be played in the hit game Minecraft.

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

MINECRAFT FIRE MAPS

The Museum of London has produced the Minecraft maps to commemorate 350 years since the blaze broke out.

A series of mini-games allow players to navigate through the city's burning streets.

The second map will detail how the fire spread across the city. It will be released in the coming months.

The players will be able to recreate the Great Fire through a number of mini games, while flames burn through the blocky world around them.

Playing as a journalist from the London Gazette, whose offices were destroyed by flames on the second day of the fire players will choose which household items to save.

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The second map, which will be released next month , shows how the fire spread throughout the city from Thomas Farriner's bakery (pictured).

Players will be able relive the Great Fire through a number of mini games. They will be able to join firefighters fighting the flames using traditional tools of the trade, with recreations of the 17th Century fire truck (pictured) and buckets made of leather

They can then explore different terrains, including caves and forests. Players can also fly up in the air to get an aerial view of the surrounding landscape.

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

Joshua Blair, the museum's digital learning coordinator, said that the first map in the Great Fire1666 series let us immerse users in London's life and the times of 1666. We were able to reconstruct the narrow streets and iconic landmarks such as St Paul's Cathedral or London Bridge to create the setting for the fire.

He added: 'This new map is where the Great Fire story really unfolds and we hope that players be enthralled by this watershed moment in the history of London in a fun and enjoyable way.'

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

The museum's Great Fire 1666 exhibit which runs through April 2017, includes the game.

Players will be available to download the new maps for PC and Mac on September 2nd.