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It was a catastrophe London has never experienced before, starting with a fire in an East End bakery on July 1666. The flame quickly spread and went on to take over for days, consuming cities in swathes and claiming thousands of homes. Thanks to a variety of maps made for Minecraft gamers now have a first-person view of The Great Fire of London. Thanks to a range of maps specially created for Minecraft, gamers can get a first-person view of The Great Fire of London. MINECRAFT FIRE MAPS The Museum of London has produced the Minecraft maps to commemorate the 350th anniversary of when the blaze started. A series of mini-games allows players to navigate through the city's burning streets. The second map will show how the fire spread across the city. The map will be made public next month. The players will be able to revisit the Great Fire through a number of mini games, while flames blaze in the world of blocks. Playing as a journalist from the London Gazette, whose offices were destroyed by flames on the second day of the fire, gamers will pick out which household items to save. Great Fire of London to be recreated by MINECRAFT Virtual... Minecraft gets the full virtual reality treatment: Minecraft creators reveal that the game has been sold more than 100 MILLION times... Minecraft goes Virtual! Microsoft launches VR version of the hit... 82 shares The second map, to be released next month , shows how the fire spread across the city starting with Thomas Farriner's bakery (pictured). Mini games allow players to experience the Great Fire. They can join firefighters fighting the flames with traditional tools which include recreations of a 17th Century firetruck (pictured) or buckets made of leather. They can then explore different terrains, such as caves, forests, and mountains. Xajwm's Blog can also fly in the air to get a birds-eye view of the surrounding landscape. Players can now enter virtual reality, thanks to the game now available for the Oculus Rift. Joshua Blair, digital learning coordinator at the museum said: 'The very first map in the Great Fire 1666 series has allowed us to immerse players in the life and times of London in 1666. It also reconstructed the narrow streets, wooden structures and iconic landmarks like St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge to set the scene for the fire.' He said: 'This second map is where the Great Fire story really unfolds and we hope that players enjoy getting to grips with this watershed moment in the history of London in a fun and engaging way.' According to its creators , the mini-games are a draw for historical figures like King Charles II, Thomas Farriner (whose bakery was the cause of the fire) and Samuel Pepys (a famous diarist who documented the blaze). The game forms part of the museum's Great Fire 1666 exhibit which will run through April 2017. The new maps will be available to download on Mac and PC starting 2 September.