40 years ago a horrific fire at Bradford City's Valley Parade ground claimed the lives of 56 people. It took less than four minutes for a small fire to become a raging inferno. Warnings had been ignored.
May 11, 2025 09:59When people complain about red tape and health and safety gone mad, remember it's tragedies like this that we have learned from.
Remember vividly - Safety of Sports Ground Regs came in afterwards - as with most fire safety legislation, typically takes a disaster for changes to be made 🙁
Such a tragedy. That day has a legacy in fire and life safety training internationally now. A horrific lesson to have to learn, but an important one to never forget.
Somewhere on YouTube is the commentary of the match - the commentator is actually heartbreaking
Grim situation. Amazing, given the ferocity of the fire, that only 56 were lost, but so sad.
