The same day the cabinet ministers who were in London met for an emergency cabinet meeting; they ordered a list of witnesses to be drawn up, and on 22 October a committee of the Privy Council sat to investigate the fire.
同一天，在伦敦的内阁成员召开了一次紧急会议，制定了一份要调查的火灾目击者名单；10月20日，枢密院的一个委员会开始调查这起火灾。