It is repeated across the country on BBC Two at 23:20 BST on Wednesday, 13 May. 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', Sports reporters covering the game also spoke of the disaster. We had to run up the stairs, through the office doors and out on to the street. [14] It took less than four minutes for the entire stand to be engulfed in flames.[11]. Spread by the wind, the wooden roof, which was covered with tarpaulin and sealed with asphalt and bitumen, caught fire. All Rights Reserved. "[59], Raymond Falconer's reliability had previously been questioned by Daniel Taylor in The Guardian who stated that: "The Bradford Telegraph and Argus described him as a 'top detective'. Mr Stefan Krolak, a survivor from Bradford , said he saw the smoke start a few seats away from him 'The smoke seemed suddenly to set on fire. Keep an eye out as you ride your bike through the city you will see a new solar-powered Man, fewer gas and . The Popplewell Inquiry found that a discarded cigarette and an accumulation of litter beneath the stand were to blame. 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. Many were burnt to death at the turnstiles gates, which had also been locked after the match had begun. When cross examined by QC Robert Smith, then Chairman Stafford Heginbotham said he knew about the fire risk at the ground. Hillsborough looms the largest in our collective consciousness, but there were also the many deaths that occurred at Heysel Stadium in 1985, as well as the Bradford City stadium fire that same year. Burning timbers and molten materials fell from the roof onto the crowd and seating below, and dense black smoke enveloped a passageway behind the stand, where many spectators were trying to escape. [10] The stand seats did not have risers; this had allowed a large accumulation of rubbish and paper waste in the cavity space under the stand, which had not been cleared for many months. Bits of my arms, bits of my legs, part of my face, part of my scalp. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Revealed: former Bradford chairman linked to at least eight fires before Valley Parade disaster, Martin Fletcher: Maybe the reason I am here is to finally reveal the truth, TheStory of the Bradford Fire: could any man really be as unlucky as Stafford Heginbotham?. BBC Sport looks back at the Bradford City fire disaster that claimed the lives of 56 spectators when a stand became engulfed in flames on 11 May 1985. The fact the inquiry also embraced the investigation into another incident which happened on the same day, a riot in which a young boy died at Birmingham City, makes it seem more frivolous. Earlier this year, Town gave up working in construction to pursue painting full-time through his business Stadium Portraits. People were falling on to each other and screaming. The 51 other bodies of children, women and men were so badly burned that identification will take many days. It was an awful thing to watch.". The only fire extinguishers in the ground were in the clubroom, which is also in the main stand. Saturday began for the fans in a carnival atmosphere at Bradford 's Valley Parade ground a short walk from the city centre. What Is Burning Man? The timber construction of St. Andrew's Stand, Main Stand and the roof of its popular Railway End terrace were immediately condemned as fire hazards, which saw seating capacity briefly cut to nil. "I walked past a public telephone outside the ground and there were queues of people waiting to ring home to say: 'I'm OK'. The Bradford City stadium fire occurred during a Football League Third Division match on Saturday, 11 May 1985 at the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, killing 56 spectators and injuring at least 265. ", On 26 January 2016, the IPCC declined calls for an investigation and published its full response online. Only one person had been positively identified by police by early last night. The man we see at 7:50 walking out onto the pitch on fire was a retired mill worker. I saw one man lying on the ground, burning from head to foot. [11], The disaster also had a long-lasting effect on the fans. It was fairly clear that somebody had dropped a lighted match or cigarette between the floorboards.". Christopher Hammond, who was 12 on the day, said on the 20th anniversary of the fire: "As a 12-year-old, it was easy to move on I didn't realise how serious it was until I looked at the press coverage over the next few days. Four police officers, constables David Britton and John Richard Ingham and chief inspectors Charles Frederick Mawson and Terence Michael Slocombe, and two spectators, Richard Gough and David Hustler, were awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for their actions. The Documentary highlighted the 'poison pen letters' and graffiti targeted at the then club chairman Stafford Heginbotham over accusations that he was in some way personally responsible for the deaths of the 56 people who died at the fire.[54]. Parents and children were laughing and joking with the police as the preliminaries to the game began. Bradford City players line up to observe a minutes silence for the 25th anniversary of the 1985 Bradford stadium fire prior to the Coca Cola League. But I've never spoken to anyone who thought the fire wasn't anything other than a tragic accident. It was clear from what the Chief Fire Officer for West Yorkshire, Mr Graham Karran, said yesterday that the ground was far from safe. The sling is now used internationally in the treatment of burns. Your brain tells you, you are not going anywhere. The fact is that no one person was concerned with the safety of the premises. ", There has always been a close bond between the club and its supporters since the fire, he adds. "I parked my van outside because I started making enough money painting as I was in construction. We had not been told anything.". The chairman of the football club, Mr Stafford Heginbotham, was near to tears as he explained what had happened. Most of the fans who took this escape route were killed or seriously injured. A fire at a third division match between Bradford City and Lincoln City killed 56, including 11 children, and injured hundreds more. "The fire still has a big impact on people," Parker says. "One of my most haunting images was being on the bus home after dark and going past Valley Parade. Come celebrate the beastly realm and our place in it and with it, an even more radically inclusive and sustainable city and global community in 2023: ANIMALIA! "We couldn't help because there were so many people streaming towards us, to our side of the pitch, to get away from the heat. 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[8][9] In the crowd were local dignitaries and guests from three of Bradford's twin townsVerviers in Belgium, and Mnchengladbach and Hamm in West Germany. " Burning Man," " Burning Man Project," " Black Rock City ", and . [5] However, he also warned the club of a build-up of litter beneath the stand because of a gap between the seats. One man in tears said: 'He looked as if he was just going for a stroll. Called 'The 56' the play dramatises actual accounts of the Bradford City Fire with the purpose of the play showing how in times of adversity, the Football Club and the local community came together. The worst fire disaster in English football history played out on live television on May 11, after Valley Parade's main stand caught fire during a match between Bradford City and Lincoln City on . This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 13:41. Fifty-six people died. But looking back and seeing how much it really affected my dad makes me realise what we went through." Television cameras spotted the outbreak of fire in Valley Parade's main stand at 15:40 BST. The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Mr Colin Sampson, said yesterday that a team of doctors and pathologists had worked throughout the night trying to identify the dead. It wasn't until later on when assistant manager Terry Yorath came in and said: 'It's not good.'". Our world has a varied history full of terrible tragedies, bizarre tales, unexplained events, and extravagant people. "When I got to one of the final walls, there was an eight-foot drop at the other side, concrete at the bottom. Owing to windy conditions, less than four minutes later the entire wooden stand was engulfed in smoke and fire. Guided by the values expressed by the 10 Principles, Burning Man is a global ecosystem of artists, makers, and community organizers who co-create art, events, and local initiatives around the world. Bradford City stadium fire: The untold stories of the 1985 fire that devastated Valley Parade Thirty years after football's 'forgotten tragedy', the truth of what exactly happened when 56. The stand had no perimeter fencing to keep fans from accessing the pitch, thus averting an instance of crush asphyxia as in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. He appealed to people to be patient while forensic experts identified bodies. "It's therapeutic and I've met so many people through doing this." One, now re-situated to that end of the stand where the fire began, is a sculpture donated on the initial re-opening of Valley Parade in December 1986 by Sylvia Graucob, a then Jersey-based former West Yorkshire woman. The stand itself was engulfed in seconds, almost as if petrol had been ignited throughout the block. No fire extinguishers had been installed over fears of vandalism and less than four minutes after the fire was reported, the fire had engulfed the whole stand. No one gave it the attention it ought to have received.. .. A Bradford Disaster Appeal Fund raised 3.5m for the victims and their families. [] I still have terrible memories of the day, but it is the humanity of those that helped us that I reflect on."[41]. They were not able to use water on the stand immediately because this would have hampered attempts to rescue people being dragged by the police and friends from the stand. So I decided to give it that next push. They wouldn't let us because then people would get in the way of fire engines, ambulances and police trying to get in. As the blaze spread, the wooden stands and roofcovered with layers of highly flammable bituminous roofing feltquickly went ablaze. Pendleton: "I got pushed down to the front and I remember looking around and suddenly this smouldering, small fire had taken over virtually half a block and was starting to hit the roof. Soon they were all running for their lives. The book also raises concerns about the speed of the inquiry and the fact that it commenced a few weeks after the fire and lasted for only a few days, whereas other inquiries into similar incidents, pre and post the Bradford fire, have taken years to come to fruition and months to be heard. He was asked if precautions would have been adequate had the club been in the Second Division. By the time the fire brigade arrived they were faced with huge flames and dense smoke. [3] It included a main stand which seated 5,300fans, and had room for a further 7,000 standing spectators in the paddock in front. Steel was to be installed in the roof,[8] and the wooden terracing was to be replaced with concrete. Videos, gifs, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices ", Hendrie: "We stayed in the pub for hours. The speed at which fire engulfs the entire stand is insane. As many supporters still required rescue from the stand, they were unable to immediately start fighting the source of the fire. 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I don't see that. Eighty names were unaccounted for and there were no positive indications about the cause of the fire. Read about our approach to external linking. Two or three burly men put their weight against it and smashed the gate open. However, there is a lot in this book that troubles me about the science, or lack of it, used in the testing of the investigators' hypothesis as to the source of the ignition. 'It is the worst day in my life. We went there to win the last game in front of a home crowd. One man clambered over burning seats to help a fan, as did player John Hawley, and one officer led fans to an exit, only to find it shut and turn around.Bradford City's coach Terry Yorath, whose family was in the stand, ran onto the pitch to help evacuate people. Within 48 hours of the disaster, the Bradford Disaster Appeal Fund had been set up and would eventually raise over 3.5m ($5.4m). The name of the event comes from its culminating ceremony: the symbolic burning of a large wooden effigy, referred to as the Man, that occurs on the penultimate night of Burning Man, which is the Saturday evening before Labor Day. My hands suffered the most because they were exposed the most. "If we were fed a lie about it being an accident, then we will be educated. The game was irrelevant. Police worked until 4am the next morning, under lighting, to remove all the bodies. Luckily, his father arrived home shortly after he did, but 30 years on, he still remembers the young woman who served him a Mars Bar and his father a coffee, who never made it out of the stadium. Copyright , Fire Brigades Union, 2023. According to ABC News, though, several hundred people in the Chinese city of Luoyang decided to cut loose on Christmas night 2000 by heading to a nightclub housed on the fourth floor of a multi-use industrial building.A fire broke out in the basement of the structure . Just look at how many people were standing around just 50-60 meters away from the blazing inferno. [15] They included three who tried to escape through the toilets, 27 who were found by exit K and turnstiles 6 to 9 at the rear centre of the stand, and two elderly people who had died in their seats. [16] Messages of condolence were also received from Helmut Kohl, Chedli Klibi and Felipe Gonzlez. Below the seats were rows of litter which had piled up throughout the season, said witnesses. The Bradford way was keep it to ourselves - it worked collectively that we did that. 'I have to tell you that the fire was so intense that identifying people is going to be the great problem we have to face.'. We accepted it was an accident, nobody wanted to blame the club because it was the club we wanted to support. Although some attributed Lincoln City's sudden demise to the psychological effects of the fire on its players (together with the resignation of successful manager Colin Murphy shortly before the fire), it symbolised the wider crisis that the introduction of new safety legislation brought to Lincoln's Sincil Bank home. The blaze is believed to have begun when a dropped cigarette lit rubbish under the wooden seats of the wooden Main Stand at Bradford City's Valley Parade stadium "I got pushed down to the front and I remember looking around and suddenly this smouldering, small fire had taken over virtually half a block and was starting to hit the roof. 527 votes, 98 comments. The playing area and stands were very basic but the ground had enough room for 18,000spectators. [36], In 2010, Susan Fletcher's son and survivor of the Bradford City fire (and witness to the Hillsborough disaster), Martin Fletcher, openly criticised the club's hierarchy at the time of the fire and the subsequent investigation. People were scrambling for their lives to get out, and I know having sat in that stand normally that it is difficult and there is a drop to get to the pitch level," Harrison says. Bradford fan Matthew Wildman, who was aged 17 and using crutches because of rheumatoid arthritis: "When I got to one of the final walls, there was an eight-foot drop at the other side, concrete at the bottom. "We wouldn't normally have covered that game - no question about it. 1908 - Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. However, the responsibility of the Club is, in my view, very much the greater and I apportion responsibility between the two defendants as to two-thirds on the first defendant and one-third on the third (sic) defendant. Some of those who died were still sitting upright in their seats, covered by remnants of tarpaulin that had fallen from the roof. The flames suddenly appeared and the whole roof took alight,' he said. [45] PCs Peter Donald Barrett and David Charles Midgley, along with spectators Michael William Bland and Timothy Peter Leigh received the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Stories From 11 May. One elderly man started to walk across the pitch with his clothes and face ablaze. "The scene when I arrived was horrendous. And all you could smell was burning.". A few minutes later, he felt a thump on his back from his father, who told him to run. Since 1903, when the club was formed, Bradford City Association Football Club had played their home games at the ground. 'The fire just spread along the length of the stand in seconds. "I got stuck against the wall with the weight of people behind me trying to get over. All that was left of. A capacity 6,000 crowd attended a multi-denominational memorial service, held on the pitch in the sunny shadow of the burnt out stand at Valley Parade in July 1985. I dread to imagine how many more could have died if the wind had been blowing in the direction of the pitch, instead of away from it. They were immediately promoted back to the Football League in 1988, and survived for 23 years before being relegated again in 2011. In the last few years, the BCFC kit-man John Duckworth did a sponsored 73-mile walk between Lincoln's Sincil Bank stadium and Valley Parade, joined by Bradford fans along the way. The game was irrelevant.". The next day work began on clearing the burnt out shell of the stand, and Justice Popplewell released his findings into the disaster. Within a few hours of the blaze starting, it was established that 56 people had been killed, many as a result of smoke inhalation, although some of them had survived until reaching hospital.[11]. We wanted to record the trophy presentation. [48] Profits from the play's run at The Edinburgh Fringe were donated to the Bradford Burns Unit. He started to walk home, unsure of what had happened to his father. As we move ahead on the 2030 Sustainability Roadmap, sustainability projects are taking center stage. The mood before the match on the 11 May 1985 against Lincoln City was one of jubilation. On 11 May 1985 a fire erupted in the midst of a third-division tie between Bradford City and Lincoln City at Valley Parade, killing 54 home supporters and two Lincoln fans. From 50 to 60 yards away, it was burning our faces it was unbearable. It's terrifying how quickly fire spreads in the wrong circumstances. "I remember not being able to watch it, but we couldn't get out. People pushed him to the ground and tried to smother the flames. [29] The Health and Safety Executive who were also part of the legal action were found to be non-liable. "[23], On the 25th anniversary of the fire, the University of Bradford established the United Kingdom's largest academic research centre in skin sciences as an extension to its plastic surgery and burns research unit.[24]. I'd seen the film on the Saturday but the bleakness of the stadium burnt out, and the gloom that afflicted everybody, was dreadful. A discarded cigarette and a dilapidated wooden stand, which had survived because the club did not have the money to replace it, and accumulated paper litter, were considered to have conspired to cause the worst disaster in the history of the Football League. The inquiry into the disaster, chaired by Sir Oliver Popplewell and known as the Popplewell Inquiry,[25] led to the introduction of new legislation to improve safety at the UK's football grounds. "How quickly the fire spread is difficult to convey to people.". Now a new film claims an Australian was responsible for the worst . "Then we ran out in our tracksuits each holding a massive card with a letter. 2022 DECOMPRESSION WAS DREAMY . [citation needed] Mathew Wildman, aged 17 at the time of the fire, commented that "I must have had five different experiments carried out on me with all sorts of new techniques for skin grafts and I had potions injected into me that helped my face repair naturally over time. Everybody in the city was devastated, but there was an amazing number of volunteers. And the black and twisted skeleton of the burnt stand stood out in the night. Former Bradford midfielder John Hendrie, who was playing in the match: "We had already won the league, all the hard work had been done. He asks the reader to make their mind up about whether these fires were a coincidence or not.". But a minute or so later there was suddenly a bigger whoosh of smoke so they went to get a steward. The fundraising events included a reunion of the 1966 World Cup Final Starting XI that began with the original starting teams of both England and West Germany, and was held at Leeds United's stadium, Elland Road, in July 1985 to raise funds for the Appeal fund. [8], The Bradford City matchday squad of players and staff consisted of Terry Yorath, Trevor Cherry, Chris Withe, Don Goodman, Eric McManus, Tony Clegg, John Hawley, Dave Evans, Bryan Edwards, John Hendrie, Mark Ellis, Stuart McCall, Peter Jackson, Bobby Campbell, Martin Singleton and Greg Abbott.
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