This video is incredible to watch - how harmless the fire seemed at first, to the joy and the chanting in contrast to the background... 56 people died.
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God that was incredibly stressful watching. I remember watching The videos of this afterwards.
youtu.be/J6kAtdwNJ5s
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The people who died were mostly trapped in the pavillion by locked doors or caught at the exit turnstiles which were locked. It must have been absolutely horrible
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Fires tend to spread exponentially. By the time people react, it’s often too late.
youtu.be/9e_19dUezCQ
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I remember watching this unfold live on BBC Grandstand (live Saturday afternoon sports programme) as a kid. They started by saying we’ve had reports of a small fire in a stand at Valley Parade. A wooden stand, a discarded cigarette & accumulated rubbish underneath.
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I saw this particular footage at a Fire Brigade H&S course I attended a few years ago, as an example of how fast a fire can spread. It was the smoke coming off peoples hair & clothes, when they weren’t obviously on fire that got me.
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