The local council was deemed to be one third responsible. 5. The courts held the club to be two thirds responsible, finding that it gave 'no or very little thought to fire precautions' despite repeated warnings. Although there was no perimeter fencing, such as led to the devastating crush at Hillsborough, locked turnstiles meant that many fans who tried to escape by that means were killed or seriously injured. It transpired that the wooden stand had already been condemned and was set to be demolished just two days after the tragedy. More than 250 others were injured in one of the. The inquiry had found that the club had been warned that the accumulation of rubbish beneath the stands was a fire risk. Helmets of the Bradford on Avon Fire Brigade, Wiltshire County Fire. Those are the words of David Pendleton, a survivor of the Bradford City fire disaster, which happened 30 years ago. Cigarette smoking was also banned at all grounds with wooden stands. Management has been blamed for causing, or contributing to the cause of, the 1973 Summerland fire (Isle of Man) the May 1985 Bradford Stadium fire. All existing grandstands deemed fire risks were faced with immediate closure. (WJAX) The Bradford County Sheriff’s Office and Bradford County Fire Rescue worked to put out a fire at a motel in Lawtey after a man set the building on fire Thursday morning. This included the banning of new wooden grandstands at all sports venues in the UK. By the time the fire brigade arrived they were faced with huge flames and dense smoke.Īn inquiry launched in the aftermath of the disaster led to legislation to improve safety at football grounds. People ran onto the pitch with their clothes on fire while others were trapped at the back of the stand where they had gone to try to escape through the turnstiles.

Radiated heat from the burning roof of the stand set fire to the clothing of fans trapped underneath.

Owing to windy conditions, less than four minutes later the entire wooden stand was engulfed in smoke and fire. It was later established that the blaze was caused by a fan who went to put his cigarette out but dropped it between the floorboards onto a pile of rubbish that had been building up below. Valley Parade: Remembering the Bradford fire of 1985 Fifty-six people died and more than 250 others were injured in one of the biggest disasters at a British football ground on May 11th, 1985. Sky Mans Memories Of Hideous Bradford Fire Sky News presenter Colin Brazier describes his memories of the panic and 'deafening din' of the blaze which claimed 56 lives. Fireman at Bradford City Fire Stock Photo. The fire started five minutes before half-time during the match on 11 May between Bradford and Lincoln City. A victim of the Bradford City fire disaster has their facial burns treated at the Royal Infirmary Hospital. Bradford City stadium fire: The untold stories of the 1985 fire that devastated Valley Parade Thirty years after footballs forgotten tragedy, the truth of what exactly happened when 56. After Hillsborough, the Bradford City FC stadium fire was the second worst sporting tragedy in England, leaving 56 dead and at least 265 injured.

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