20 Years Ago Today... The Windsor Castle Fire

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Today, 20 November is the 20th anniversary of the fire at Windsor Castle. It was a sad day in 1992 when, during refurbishment work on the 900 year old castle, a spotlight was believed to have overheated and caught fire to one of the curtains by the altar.

History is filled with famous fires that have caused chaos and destruction in its wake and millions of pounds worth of damage to the buildings in which they started in. The Great Fire of London of 1666 is one of the UK's most famous fires, and although it is believed to have all but wiped out the plague, it has also become synonymous with destruction and terror.

There is definitely something built into the human psyche that fire is to be feared. Maybe it is because we can't fully control it? Or maybe it is because we have grown up listening to stories like The Great Fire. Who knows? What we do know is that there are many more famous cases throughout or history.

Daley James Francis: 20 Years Ago Today... The Windsor Castle Fire 

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