On this day, 33 years ago, on November 20, 1992 (October 26, 1992 in the lunar calendar), a fire broke out at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. On the morning of November 20, 1992, the royal palace Windsor Castle, located on the River Thames 50 kilometers west of London, suddenly caught fire. The fire started in a small chapel northeast of the castle and spread rapidly. Smoke and smoke of the fire could be seen rising five miles away. More than 200 firefighters Wen Xun rushed to the scene to put out the fire, while nearby residents and tourists formed a "human chain" to snatch books, paintings and cultural relics from the fire. The Queen's second son, Prince Andrew, who was in the castle when the fire broke out, also joined the "human chain" of rescuing precious cultural relics. After hearing the news, the Queen quickly rushed to the scene to inspect the fire. Books and famous paintings followed the "human chain" to escape the sea of fire, and even the world's largest single carpet in the Victoria era was rescued by people. Prince Andrew was interviewed by reporters at the scene. He spoke highly of the people's courageous, rapid and effective fire-fighting operations. However, due to the complexity of the passages in the castle, firefighters can easily get lost, greatly increasing the risk of fighting fires. About a dozen people were taken to hospital with burns. After more than four hours of fighting, the fire was brought under control. The Brunswick Tower, the church's private prayer room, St. George's State Banquet Hall, Clemson's Studio, Chester Tower and other buildings in the castle have been severely burned. The roof of the St. George's State Banquet Hall has collapsed. Six famous paintings were burned. The losses amount to tens of millions of pounds. The cause of the fire was that a worker sprinkled flammable liquid on a high-temperature halogen lamp while cleaning ancient paintings, causing a disaster. Windsor Castle is the main residence of members of the British royal family. The castle is located in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It is located on the Chalk Hill and covers an area of 5 hectares. It consists of two courtyards separated by a huge round tower. Royal residences existed here as early as Saxon times. It became the main royal residence during the reign of Henry I. The castle has 1000 rooms and is the largest castle in the UK. Windsor Castle has a history of 900 years, and many major events in British history have been related to it. In 1640, Charles I, who was beheaded by Cromwell during the British bourgeois revolution, was buried here. Queen Victoria, who led Britain to its peak, liked Windsor Castle best. She spent most of her life here and was buried nearby after her death. During the Second World War, Queen Elizabeth II also spent her girlhood here. The Queen's relatives often spend weekends here. Every year in April and June, the Queen still comes here for a short time. It also attracts a large number of tourists, with 4 million people coming here for sightseeing every year. The Windsor Castle fire was another serious fire in the British royal building after the 1987 Hamtoncourt Palace fire in London.