His son Christopher normally watches from the stand but on Saturday he joined other fans elsewhere. The scene in there was one of silence and shock. The playing area and stands were very basic but the ground had enough room for 18,000spectators. 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. People were arriving in a daze outside Bradford police headquarters on Saturday evening and early yesterday. Tarpaulin fell on them and stuck to their clothes and then ignited. "It made me realise life is too short." The match between Bradford City and Lincoln City, the final game of that season, had started in a celebratory atmosphere with the home team receiving the Third Division championship trophy. I'd seen the film on the Saturday but the bleakness of the stadium burnt out, and the gloom that afflicted everybody, was dreadful. It is a simple account laid out for all to see. The speed at which fire engulfs the entire stand is insane. 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 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. Pendleton: "I walked past a public telephone outside the ground and there were queues of people waiting to ring home to say: 'I'm OK'. When cross examined by QC Robert Smith, then Chairman Stafford Heginbotham said he knew about the fire risk at the ground. "I'm sorry to spoil what is obviously a very good story, but I'm afraid it is nonsense for many reasons.". The stadium was known for its antiquated design and facilities, which included the wooden roof of the main stand. The stand itself was engulfed in seconds, almost as if petrol had been ignited throughout the block. The government inquiry into the disaster concluded the fire spread "faster than a man could run". 1985 disaster in Valley Parade Stadium, Bradford, England. Footage of the accident at this point shows levels of confusion among the spectatorswhile many were trying to escape or to cross the pitch to the relative safety of the neighbouring stands, other spectators were observed cheering or waving to the still-rolling pitchside cameras. "The fire still has a big impact on people," Parker says. As we move ahead on the 2030 Sustainability Roadmap, sustainability projects are taking center stage. It slipped through a hole in the floorboard. The work was expected to cost 400,000 (1.3million today). Then flames licked the underside of the seats, which were a combination of wood and plastic. The Bradford City stadium fire occurred during a Football League Third Division match on Saturday, at the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, killing 56 spectators and injuring at least 265. Hendrie: "Several minutes before half-time I saw there was a wee bit of bother. The inquiry into the disaster, chaired by Sir Oliver Popplewell and known as the Popplewell Inquiry, led to the introduction of new legislation to improve safety at the UK's football grounds.
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