RIP to the 56 dead. Can't help but think of certain parallels with the Stardust nightclub fire of 1981 in Dublin, as people weren't able to use certain exits then either. I knew about this fire but had never seen this footage before. Should never be forgotten.
The worst part about this was people that were trying to leave via the gate behind the stand. Unfotunatly the stuard that was ment to be looking after the gate was away on his tea break. He had the keys. People were litarly trapped and burnt to death. This video is now shown to all stuards when they do there fire saftey course.
The fire was caused by a cigarette which was dropped and fell between the cracks in the floor, underneath the floor was loads of accumulated paper and rubbish, a tragedy waiting to happen. Now there are no wooden stands and no smoking allowed in the ground so hopefully this will not happen again. Shame on those so called fans who were seen laughing as people died and carried on singing.
Kings Cross fire 1988 - 31 killed by giant blowtorch. When trying to re-create it, scientists had trouble working out how it got so hot and flashed (it was a then-unknown phenomenon called the trench effect) but found when trying to start a fire underneath a similar escalator in the same condition, it ignited on the first dropped match.
Bradford - Respect to those fans and police who showed such bravery to help others - & thanks to those in Lumb Lane who opened their homes to them.
terrible day - still not sure what happened until Long23 explained there - awful way to go , thankfully the perimeter fence not up as it was in the Hillsborough crush - the other horrific disaster :((
To see this you witness those who are running for their lives, and those who've stopped running, stopped pushing others out of the way to save their own skin, and are actually helping others instead of themselves to get to safety. To say this is risky, as it has been said to death over hundreds of years, but watching this makes you wonder what you would do in this situation, whether you would be one of the screaming masses, or you would stand out to help others rather than just yourself.
@cowdust51 Imagine the last moments of the 56 that died in 4 minutes. 27 men, women and children running toward exit K to find the gates were locked and nobody there to open them. Imagine your mother, sister, brother, pushing against steel bars as the smoke, flames and heat reached them. Imagine being 11 years old, despite dad, your uncle and grandad there to protect you and not knowing why it hurt, why your daddy couldn't keep you safe. He was Andy and I hope he haunts your dreams.
Also, the club had no fire action plan in place. No call was placed to the fire brigade who only attended because they were watching the match back at the station.
The reason for so many deaths was that the exits at the back of the stadium had been padlocked shut to prevent people sneaking in to watch the match. The club failed to have enough stewards manning these exits. It is arguable that if these exits had been open, as they were required to by law, many of those who died could have survived. Despite the heroic efforts of the police, they had, at that time, received little to no training in crowd management.
Your right but all people regardless of age should be able to watch this to pay respect to the supporters who died during this horrific disaster. It might be very upsetting but that's life, these things happen. YouTube's protecting us all from the truth and all the true real horrors that happened 26 years ago.
Why the fuck is this video flagged for over 18's? As horrific as it may appear, this really happened, it's not some kind of pornographic film or a gorefest slasher movie.
@MrLooog It might have something to do with the 30-something people that died that day, including the one on the video near the end. I'm not a parent, but I'd say that's cause for restricting access. What say you? Hmm?
I recall seeing it live too, I think they cut to the ground during the broadcast of Grandstand because of the fire. I definitely remember seeing the man on fire. I might be wrong, the memory can play tricks, but I remember this exact footage and commentary on T.V. I've not seen it since that day and I doubt they would have shown the burning man after editing it.
The reason why the fire started in the first place was just a building disaster waiting to happen. Years worth of trash that went under the wooden stands was piling up and the safety inspectors told the club to clean up a few times and they never did. Because of that all it took was a cigarette that went under the stands and the years worth of trash finally caught on fire.
The most annoying thing about this is that it was started by a discarded cigarette (fire training courses use this as an example of how small items can cause such huge & deadly fires, this was used on a fire training course I went on through work, which is how I know how this was started)! Now aren't you glad smoking is banned in public places? Statistics prove that fire incidents have dramatically fallen since smoking in public places has been banned!
Hooligans probably (deliberately) started it, hooligans are mugging for the cameras while they see dozens of people burning, and hooligans are just scum in general. No sport is worth getting violent over. Soccer especially, its a silly game for 10 year olds. Graduate to real Football, Euro-wienies!
1st live televised football game was in 1960 on bbc1 also this game was televised live as a celebration of bradfords promotion, don't want to piss on anyone's parade.
Awful tragedy I remember seeing it live and it was horrible. Unfortunately these comment facilities tend to be a lurking place for trolls to to spew their mindless nonsence.
Football fans are fucking idiots. Chanting as the stands burn... I'm surprised some of them didn't run into the fire because they thought it looked pretty.
lol some retarded brit started the fire... it doesn't matter that his wife and daughter will suck a black mans cock in just a few years.. he's proud as a peacock
@kerimil actually there was a layer of rubbish under the wooden stands that had accumulated over the years and the fire started because someone dropped a match, cigarette. (according to official reports) So it was partly someones fault but moreso the human error of allowing such a fire hazard of a stadium
This disgusts me. people died on that day and those twats are cheering. It furiates me, footballl is one big joke, it should be banned, footballers being payed millions to kick a ball round a field fucking low lives cheering, have some respect.
They're lucky the smoke was going the other way; that would have suffocated them. The people cheering didn't understand lucky they are and serious it was.
First ever Youtube video I've seen that's made me cry. R.I.P those that died, and I only hope that those that did, died quickly, because fire is a horrific way to die.
I was there, in the paddock at the side of the stand where the fire started, the singing was because, and please don't take this the wrong way, it was sort of exciting to see, it was so shocking it made it exciting, that was until we realised people were getting injured!!
People were singing "piss on it, piss on it, piss on it" like i said, until we saw people getting hurt and worse, I personally saw an old gentleman trying to get over the wall, he didn't have the strength to get over, nobody c
@bve4trainz your channels good ... not. you clearly dont get out much i mean who records themselves playing a train game, you should think about getting a job, or did you have one as a train driver but got the sack because you were bettee at it on the game than in real life. Cunt
@CHILxShOtZzx Let's hoping you die a slow and painful death soon - nice channel by the way, you appear to have a passion for computer games, I'm sure others will make their own minds up about that - sad little life, feeling brave behind a keyboard, box of kleenex - you really really are a true example of what contraception could prevent. RIP.
@SteelTurtle74 your cool arnt you looking at my channel, it just shows you are that sad you only come on youtube to watch people burn in a fire, your the sic one not me.
@CHILxShOtZzx <=== One of the biggest downsides of youtube/the Internet as a whole is knowing human beings like this exist. I use the term "human being" loosely.
that poor guy on fire must have been in so much shock he didnt feel the pain of the fire.. he was just walking out like he wasnt ingolfed in flames...
There is nothing like the feeling of being trapped with no escape knowing that you're going to die a horrific death. Pure dread. It's sickening just to watch it.
It's easy to judge the fans cheering, but it's unlikely they understood the full scope of the situation until later. So many had escaped already, it's possible it didn't occur to them that the fire would spread to kill others. You can hear it in the narrator - he's unconcerned at first, in denial toward the middle, and it's only at the end that you hear him grasp the true horror of the situation. It doesn't vindicate their actions, don't get me wrong, but everything's harsher in hindsight.
The problem here was the extremes of heat radiation from the fire. This is caused by the structural defects of the roof. Min at 4:23. you can see it clearly, at once begin to burn like the hair of the man, although this is our suite 10 m from the fire.
they aint fans they r arseholes, hope they watch this back some 27 years later and hang their heads in shame,! i so hope that poor man on fire survived, bless him
this was caused by someone trying to light a fag and chucking the match between his legs which fell through the stand to a place underneath where there was so much rubbish that had not been cleared for 30years.thats why the fire grow so quick as well as the area acted as a wind tunnel so the fire had everything it need to cover a large area so fast.so so sad.
Look how happy are thoes football fans when everything burned... then look how meany people die becouse they want to show how cool theya re... No more humans...not even animals... its something worst. Monsters.
@younoob010 a fan was setting off small fireworks behind one of the rhythm drummers and it hit the top roof/curtain and set it off straight away, when bits fell onto the stand they were up in flames almost immediately
To be fair, I think the fans who were cheering early on were at the front of the stand and didn't realise how serious the situation was. It falls eerily silent towards the end of the video. RIP the 56.
@snotty2712 My dad was there and he said he ran back in and saved 5 people and that was the best he could do, so shut up painting everyone with the same brush! PRICK!
A tip of my hat to those policemen who risked their lives to get people out when burning debris was falling all around them. That takes serious courage and selflessness.
I can't understand, why the policemen are nearly the only ones taking care of the people left behind. You might think, it could occur to everyone, that there were people in serious need of help. OK, nobody can demand from them to risk their lifes, but cheering seems a bit inappropriate then.
I saw this broadcast live on the day and couldn't believe how fast it all happened.
My deepest respect goes out to the absolute selfless heroism of the Bradford police and also to those supporters who went back in to help rescue people.
At 5.00 exactly, with the fire raging, you can see people still going back in to the stand (Bottom left)
I remember seeing this on tv when i was 11 ... Ime a Leeds fan and Bradford are probably our biggest rivals. but i have nothing but sympathy for all on that day. very sad,
Es waren damals 56 Tote und 265 Verletzte und die Menge jubelt..Ich glaube dennen war es damals garnicht bewusst was sich hinter der Tribüne für ein Drama abspielt als sich hunderte Menschen versuchten sich vor dem Feuer in Sicherheit zu bringen aber die Notausgänge verschlossen waren weil der Veranstalter einfach nur Schiss hatte das sich nicht zahlende Fans ins Stadion schleichen...Die Ursache war nur eine brennende Zigarette von einen Fan die den Müll unter der Tribüne entzüntet hat.56Tote
Like the Station Fire, and Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, this is another lesson that as soon as you see any fire, or even hear a fire alarm or smoke detector, get away. If it turns out to be nothing, or a false alarm, so be it. But it also may grow quickly, and a chance that hesitation will cost you your life.
Amazingly as a huge footie fan I'd never even heard of this until tonight when they showed us this very footage at work to emphasise how quickly fire can escalate. Somebody actually left the room upset when the man walked onto the pitch burning. Horrible scenes
This incident deserves far more remembrance than it gets. I'm not comparing anything, but it really should be up there with Hillsborough and such.
I see some comments about how the people died, what we don't see here in the video is the worst part the poor supporters who attempted to leave by going back down into the stand and leave via the turnstyles but like today's games once the match is going they are locked, and sadly on this day they stayed locked. Respects to all effected on that day.
This film must have been a significant part in creating the stereotype of soccer hooligans who notoriously rioted and stampeded at a number of games through the 80's and early 90's, leading to hundreds of death and many more injuries. Too much booze, too little brains, or both?
@inkyguy No not really it was caused by rubbish under the stand catching fire nothing to do with hooliganism
the Heysel disaster was what caused the stereotype as us English being hooligans
after that all English sides were banned from playing in Europe (Expect the national side)
Which lead widespread hooliganism when England played abroad most notably Germany 88' Italia 90' Poland 93' Landsdown Road 95' England 96' France 98' Belgium 00' and Germany 06'
OMG so sad! :'( Worst thing I've ever seen in a football game. Also shame for the supporters who where singing and jumping after the fire occured. Rest In Peace <3
if this would have happened today the death toll would have been near on 200 due to health and safety rules governing the police,so many brave coppers saving so many lives R.I.P.
As a Bradford City fan,every time i see this i cry.I wasn't born when this happened but my mum and dad was!I just wish people would have more respect on this video.We should not be arguing over 'who teams the best' or anything,we should be watching this and remembering the people who lost their lives!<3 C.T.I.D!
So this is where the inspiration for the 2004 film "Man on Fire" came from
ellomynameisjohnny 1 day ago
3:27...Makes me sick to my stomach.
Things are really put into perspective when such tragic events happen.
Football isnt important when 56 people die.
rorrt 2 days ago
RIP to the 56 dead. Can't help but think of certain parallels with the Stardust nightclub fire of 1981 in Dublin, as people weren't able to use certain exits then either. I knew about this fire but had never seen this footage before. Should never be forgotten.
dromingransha 1 week ago
Cowdust51 I take it your not from Bradford?? Your sick and I could seriously hurt you you little selfless human been!
manley185 1 week ago
Sickening :(( RIP to all those who died!
manley185 1 week ago
This is just awful!
03aparker 1 week ago
The worst part about this was people that were trying to leave via the gate behind the stand. Unfotunatly the stuard that was ment to be looking after the gate was away on his tea break. He had the keys. People were litarly trapped and burnt to death. This video is now shown to all stuards when they do there fire saftey course.
GoreDepeche 3 weeks ago
The fire was caused by a cigarette which was dropped and fell between the cracks in the floor, underneath the floor was loads of accumulated paper and rubbish, a tragedy waiting to happen. Now there are no wooden stands and no smoking allowed in the ground so hopefully this will not happen again. Shame on those so called fans who were seen laughing as people died and carried on singing.
Meadoway40 3 weeks ago
@Meadoway40
Kings Cross fire 1988 - 31 killed by giant blowtorch. When trying to re-create it, scientists had trouble working out how it got so hot and flashed (it was a then-unknown phenomenon called the trench effect) but found when trying to start a fire underneath a similar escalator in the same condition, it ignited on the first dropped match.
Bradford - Respect to those fans and police who showed such bravery to help others - & thanks to those in Lumb Lane who opened their homes to them.
custardaghost 3 weeks ago
Oh my god!
RogueTrader101 3 weeks ago
:*(
ronpack 4 weeks ago
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terrible day - still not sure what happened until Long23 explained there - awful way to go , thankfully the perimeter fence not up as it was in the Hillsborough crush - the other horrific disaster :((
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paul4kd1 1 month ago
To see this you witness those who are running for their lives, and those who've stopped running, stopped pushing others out of the way to save their own skin, and are actually helping others instead of themselves to get to safety. To say this is risky, as it has been said to death over hundreds of years, but watching this makes you wonder what you would do in this situation, whether you would be one of the screaming masses, or you would stand out to help others rather than just yourself.
HoZzIe27 1 month ago
"The Roof, The Roof, The Roof, is on fire... we don't need no water let the motherfucker burn, burn motherfucker burn!"
cowdust51 1 month ago
@cowdust51 Imagine the last moments of the 56 that died in 4 minutes. 27 men, women and children running toward exit K to find the gates were locked and nobody there to open them. Imagine your mother, sister, brother, pushing against steel bars as the smoke, flames and heat reached them. Imagine being 11 years old, despite dad, your uncle and grandad there to protect you and not knowing why it hurt, why your daddy couldn't keep you safe. He was Andy and I hope he haunts your dreams.
Long23 1 month ago
@Long23 lighten up its a song
cowdust51 1 month ago
@cowdust51 I know it is a song. Why would you post it here? Why don't you have a bit of respect, and delete it.
Long23 4 weeks ago
@cowdust51 Wow! Do you even deserve to be part of the human race? Ridiculous troll.
Theitisme400 4 weeks ago
i like and lol how the annoucer is so calm "ohh its so awful."
martinithechobit 1 month ago
Also, the club had no fire action plan in place. No call was placed to the fire brigade who only attended because they were watching the match back at the station.
cdssmac 1 month ago
The reason for so many deaths was that the exits at the back of the stadium had been padlocked shut to prevent people sneaking in to watch the match. The club failed to have enough stewards manning these exits. It is arguable that if these exits had been open, as they were required to by law, many of those who died could have survived. Despite the heroic efforts of the police, they had, at that time, received little to no training in crowd management.
cdssmac 1 month ago
Your right but all people regardless of age should be able to watch this to pay respect to the supporters who died during this horrific disaster. It might be very upsetting but that's life, these things happen. YouTube's protecting us all from the truth and all the true real horrors that happened 26 years ago.
MrLooog 1 month ago
RIP
jfrules10 1 month ago
Why the fuck is this video flagged for over 18's? As horrific as it may appear, this really happened, it's not some kind of pornographic film or a gorefest slasher movie.
MrLooog 1 month ago
@MrLooog It might have something to do with the 30-something people that died that day, including the one on the video near the end. I'm not a parent, but I'd say that's cause for restricting access. What say you? Hmm?
squiggleworks9 1 month ago
@squiggleworks9 oh shut the fuck up.
itskovu 1 month ago
Never will we forget
jennylee38uk 1 month ago
@William321123321
I recall seeing it live too, I think they cut to the ground during the broadcast of Grandstand because of the fire. I definitely remember seeing the man on fire. I might be wrong, the memory can play tricks, but I remember this exact footage and commentary on T.V. I've not seen it since that day and I doubt they would have shown the burning man after editing it.
maettsook 1 month ago
only found out about this yesterday when i went 2 footie with my dad and smokin in stadiums came up...now i understand why we cant
RIP to the 56, and major respect to the police and fans who tried to help, must have been awful
DaveAFC13 1 month ago
what a horrible tragedy
pbrick6301 1 month ago
The reason why the fire started in the first place was just a building disaster waiting to happen. Years worth of trash that went under the wooden stands was piling up and the safety inspectors told the club to clean up a few times and they never did. Because of that all it took was a cigarette that went under the stands and the years worth of trash finally caught on fire.
redmustang03 1 month ago
Oh, & the man who was in fire was still so fuelled by adrenaline & it's effects, he didn't realise he was on fire!
SuperMissblueeyes 1 month ago
The most annoying thing about this is that it was started by a discarded cigarette (fire training courses use this as an example of how small items can cause such huge & deadly fires, this was used on a fire training course I went on through work, which is how I know how this was started)! Now aren't you glad smoking is banned in public places? Statistics prove that fire incidents have dramatically fallen since smoking in public places has been banned!
SuperMissblueeyes 1 month ago
damn was this before stop drop and roll was invented... casually walks while on fire.. lol wtf
MrSnipes206 1 month ago
@Muhammad6531 ..... and you believe in a supreme being that doesn't exist ? How sad - don't waste your life
mnx4u 1 month ago
Hooligans probably (deliberately) started it, hooligans are mugging for the cameras while they see dozens of people burning, and hooligans are just scum in general. No sport is worth getting violent over. Soccer especially, its a silly game for 10 year olds. Graduate to real Football, Euro-wienies!
HailAnts 1 month ago
@HailAnts real football? you mean touch rugby for girls in pads and helmets?
angel102ify 1 month ago
@Muhammad6531 You cunt.
wf21able 1 month ago
Soccer holigans are scum...
HailAnts 1 month ago
@HailAnts nothing to do with football hooliganism you mong....
spireitefan 1 month ago 2
1st live televised football game was in 1960 on bbc1 also this game was televised live as a celebration of bradfords promotion, don't want to piss on anyone's parade.
disco101170 1 month ago
@Muhammad6531 you're a very sad person
ak47popper 1 month ago
Anyone know if that burning man died?
cookiepfc1 1 month ago
@cookiepfc1 56 people died mate
ak47popper 1 month ago
@cookiepfc1 Yes, he was a retired mill worker, and died later in hospital, sadly.
ant259 1 month ago
@ant259 That's filthy, can't imagine something like that happening!
cookiepfc1 1 month ago
The stand was so obviosly overcrowded....
highfive96 2 months ago
Awful tragedy I remember seeing it live and it was horrible. Unfortunately these comment facilities tend to be a lurking place for trolls to to spew their mindless nonsence.
gjrmorris 2 months ago 2
Stupid fucking prick starting the fire. They were really crap at football back then. Today's players much better.
littlewelshcub 2 months ago
Football fans are fucking idiots. Chanting as the stands burn... I'm surprised some of them didn't run into the fire because they thought it looked pretty.
Flamestar1989 2 months ago
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lol some retarded brit started the fire... it doesn't matter that his wife and daughter will suck a black mans cock in just a few years.. he's proud as a peacock
kerimil 2 months ago
@kerimil actually there was a layer of rubbish under the wooden stands that had accumulated over the years and the fire started because someone dropped a match, cigarette. (according to official reports) So it was partly someones fault but moreso the human error of allowing such a fire hazard of a stadium
readsummer 1 month ago
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He commentated the fire...
Vidzstreamer 2 months ago
Did the man walking while on fire survive? Poor man.
patch1610 2 months ago
@patch1610 No he died but not because of his burns but from injuries he sustained from the people trying to put him out.
josssmith 2 months ago
my god i am in my 40s i have never scene anything like this what started it how did it spread so fast
nattters1 2 months ago
So strange that many people are cheering as the place, and people, are burning up!
higgins243 2 months ago
How can anyone not watch that without tears in their eyes?
Rich6Brew 2 months ago
This sounds like a 5 minute version of the Hindenburg radio broadcast... how awful a scene... I have a huge lump in my throat.
LanceCampeau 2 months ago
Whys everyone getting cheecky if your not from bfd dnt comment that day was unbeliveably bad show your regard or fuck of
bowj900 2 months ago
This disgusts me. people died on that day and those twats are cheering. It furiates me, footballl is one big joke, it should be banned, footballers being payed millions to kick a ball round a field fucking low lives cheering, have some respect.
Ollie8603 2 months ago
This was a 3rd division game in 1985. Barely anyone playing at the top level back then was a millionaire, never mind in the 3rd division.
donricardo664 1 month ago
remember it like it was yesterday
SuperJo420 2 months ago
They're lucky the smoke was going the other way; that would have suffocated them. The people cheering didn't understand lucky they are and serious it was.
James12313234 2 months ago
who cares Soccer is a stupid Sport for Dirty Europeans !!!
mcinty12 2 months ago
@mcinty12 so oversized cocks wearing helmets and body armour and banging into each other isn't stupid then?
josssmith 2 months ago
First ever Youtube video I've seen that's made me cry. R.I.P those that died, and I only hope that those that did, died quickly, because fire is a horrific way to die.
MrRosstaylor1 2 months ago
I was there, in the paddock at the side of the stand where the fire started, the singing was because, and please don't take this the wrong way, it was sort of exciting to see, it was so shocking it made it exciting, that was until we realised people were getting injured!!
People were singing "piss on it, piss on it, piss on it" like i said, until we saw people getting hurt and worse, I personally saw an old gentleman trying to get over the wall, he didn't have the strength to get over, nobody c
bertives 2 months ago
Your just a small team in Bradford ... wankers they deserved to die
CHILxShOtZzx 2 months ago
@CHILxShOtZzx Class A cunt you mate . thumbs up to you mate. well done. you just proved your cock is really dangling from your head.
bve4trainz 2 months ago 2
@bve4trainz wow your hard ... oh wait you cant get hard coz you dont have a cock.
CHILxShOtZzx 2 months ago
@bve4trainz your channels good ... not. you clearly dont get out much i mean who records themselves playing a train game, you should think about getting a job, or did you have one as a train driver but got the sack because you were bettee at it on the game than in real life. Cunt
CHILxShOtZzx 2 months ago
@CHILxShOtZzx Let's hoping you die a slow and painful death soon - nice channel by the way, you appear to have a passion for computer games, I'm sure others will make their own minds up about that - sad little life, feeling brave behind a keyboard, box of kleenex - you really really are a true example of what contraception could prevent. RIP.
SteelTurtle74 2 months ago
@SteelTurtle74 your cool arnt you looking at my channel, it just shows you are that sad you only come on youtube to watch people burn in a fire, your the sic one not me.
CHILxShOtZzx 2 months ago
@CHILxShOtZzx <=== One of the biggest downsides of youtube/the Internet as a whole is knowing human beings like this exist. I use the term "human being" loosely.
JamesTiger82 2 months ago
that poor guy on fire must have been in so much shock he didnt feel the pain of the fire.. he was just walking out like he wasnt ingolfed in flames...
marklfc07 2 months ago
What the hell is wrong with those idiots cheering while this is going on...fucking disgraceful!
bareknuckles2u 2 months ago
There is nothing like the feeling of being trapped with no escape knowing that you're going to die a horrific death. Pure dread. It's sickening just to watch it.
derekxnl 2 months ago
It's weird that the fire had lasted for almost 5 minutes and some people did still not managed to escape the fire and burned to death! How?
EugenKaalikas 2 months ago
@EugenKaalikas they got trapped in exit corridor under the seats, where doors were locked. Burning man was one of them.
B1SCOOP 2 months ago
I pressed the snowflake button and the fire went out.
xThizu 2 months ago
Those sick people celebrating about it:O How could they?
CardbordBoxHD 2 months ago
Shame on them who clapped and was happy!
DudeKingTV 2 months ago
Sounds like alan partridge doing the commentary
green500 2 months ago
horrific,
MrStruth 2 months ago
People sang early, but it got quiet later
3:20: "HEY!! Big Fire!! WOO!!!! This is AWESOME!!!" *big adrenaline rush*
3:40: "HAHA! (Singing)" *fun adrenaline high*
4:45: *see injured people being assisted* *stops singing* "...Oh shit, that's no good." *pause* "I hope to many people aren't hurt." *rush wears off*
5:25: *see bodies being dragged away* "I hope everyone got out!" *gets shiver*
5:45: *see burning guy, hear screams* "OH fuck!! Fuck!! Oh my god!!!"
*all singing has ended*
Cwswb 2 months ago 12
all that from a fag end, the person who that was is a fuckin moron
MrBurgerboy87 2 months ago
This is so tragic, and extremely upsetting )':
daniiishaaw 3 months ago
It's easy to judge the fans cheering, but it's unlikely they understood the full scope of the situation until later. So many had escaped already, it's possible it didn't occur to them that the fire would spread to kill others. You can hear it in the narrator - he's unconcerned at first, in denial toward the middle, and it's only at the end that you hear him grasp the true horror of the situation. It doesn't vindicate their actions, don't get me wrong, but everything's harsher in hindsight.
ChaoticSerenity 3 months ago 9
0.0 that must have been scary
fatefulcoincidence 3 months ago
The problem here was the extremes of heat radiation from the fire. This is caused by the structural defects of the roof. Min at 4:23. you can see it clearly, at once begin to burn like the hair of the man, although this is our suite 10 m from the fire.
TheRotwild 3 months ago
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JoeWareham1 3 months ago
they aint fans they r arseholes, hope they watch this back some 27 years later and hang their heads in shame,! i so hope that poor man on fire survived, bless him
k3llz67 3 months ago
@k3llz67 The poor guy died later in Hospital, R.I.P.
aggyuvf 2 months ago
@aggyuvf awwww bless him
k3llz67 2 months ago
we were shown this as fire saftey in school, rip lives lost :( xxx
woopwappy 3 months ago
this was caused by someone trying to light a fag and chucking the match between his legs which fell through the stand to a place underneath where there was so much rubbish that had not been cleared for 30years.thats why the fire grow so quick as well as the area acted as a wind tunnel so the fire had everything it need to cover a large area so fast.so so sad.
nosaj1939 3 months ago
Look how happy are thoes football fans when everything burned... then look how meany people die becouse they want to show how cool theya re... No more humans...not even animals... its something worst. Monsters.
Paindemonium 3 months ago
this was shown as a fire safety video in 2001 at my former work North Bristol NHS Trust !!!! so so sad :'( x
stevenicholls1986 3 months ago
5:44 OMG! God help him
blueson7227 3 months ago
I remember watching this on TV that Saturday afternoon. It was awful seeing this terrible tragedy unfold. :'(
annie482000 3 months ago
What rubbish it was
younoob010 3 months ago
what`s the reason of the fire
younoob010 3 months ago
@younoob010 rubbish under the stands and a discarded cigarette
staypuft27 3 months ago
@younoob010 a fan was setting off small fireworks behind one of the rhythm drummers and it hit the top roof/curtain and set it off straight away, when bits fell onto the stand they were up in flames almost immediately
TheSUPERmanSHOW 3 months ago
stupid fucking retarded english cheering for the fire
wesmanavus 3 months ago
To be fair, I think the fans who were cheering early on were at the front of the stand and didn't realise how serious the situation was. It falls eerily silent towards the end of the video. RIP the 56.
JensonsBeard 3 months ago 3
@snotty2712 My dad was there and he said he ran back in and saved 5 people and that was the best he could do, so shut up painting everyone with the same brush! PRICK!
lokes94leeds 3 months ago
Soccer Fans are total maniac and complete stupid idiots. Laughing and cheering while other people burning and dying. Why did they not try to help???
snotty2712 3 months ago
A tip of my hat to those policemen who risked their lives to get people out when burning debris was falling all around them. That takes serious courage and selflessness.
apacheboxingfan 3 months ago 67
I remember watching that video the day it happened on ESPN.
I still can't believe some of those dumbasses were clapping and cheering. It disgusted me when I first saw it and it still disgusts me.
apacheboxingfan 3 months ago
5:45 has shit me up did the man live ?
ps2peter 3 months ago
@ps2peter Unfortunstely this man later died in hospital
superzamo 3 months ago
@ps2peter There is another video on here and that bit is edited out 'out of respect for someone who died'...so sadly, no, he didn't.
Just one of many tragic days for football in the 80s.
anjakellenjeter 3 months ago
wow that went up in flames really fast
Dekota97 3 months ago
I can't understand, why the policemen are nearly the only ones taking care of the people left behind. You might think, it could occur to everyone, that there were people in serious need of help. OK, nobody can demand from them to risk their lifes, but cheering seems a bit inappropriate then.
pendari 3 months ago
I flagged this down as a mark of respect xhugzx
Vasilouxxx 3 months ago
I saw this broadcast live on the day and couldn't believe how fast it all happened.
My deepest respect goes out to the absolute selfless heroism of the Bradford police and also to those supporters who went back in to help rescue people.
At 5.00 exactly, with the fire raging, you can see people still going back in to the stand (Bottom left)
R.I.P. The 56 from a Leicester supporter.
CobraSloth 3 months ago
5:45 WTF?
1mrhiphop 3 months ago
@1mrhiphop He must have never heard of stop, drop, and roll
DecapitatedDoctor 3 months ago
6 minutes it took for that fire which was a couple of metres in radius when spotted to swallow the entire stand.
6 fucking minutes. terrifying.
WolfgangVonPoserkila 3 months ago
the ironic thing is the most shocking thing about it is the cheering. the fuckin nutters think it's bonfire night starting early.
WolfgangVonPoserkila 3 months ago
RIP the 56
blackers1 3 months ago
I think the coppers did a great job ..did you see theone putting out the fire on his head :O
philquinton 3 months ago
I remember seeing this on tv when i was 11 ... Ime a Leeds fan and Bradford are probably our biggest rivals. but i have nothing but sympathy for all on that day. very sad,
0113leedsunited 3 months ago
THE POLICE , real heroes who did a fantastic job on that day with no thought for their own lives , but lets not forget the people who died RIP
TheThedj101 3 months ago
It took less than 4 minutes to burn the entire stand.
I remember seeing this on look north,i couldnt believe there were people in there burning to death.It was so sad.
SWFC
125or200px 3 months ago
Shows how idiotic football fans are, oh look there is a fire lets cheer about it, fucking idiots.
lyko2 3 months ago 52
@lyko2 is just the excitement of the moment, but they're really concerned.
Konami8910 3 months ago
How did the fire start and did anybody die?
DudeKingTV 3 months ago
@DudeKingTV 56 dead
NDH97 3 months ago
@DudeKingTV someone flicked a fag into a pile of rubbish that was beneath wooden seats
Frankiti99 3 months ago
@DudeKingTV a discarded cigarette fell through the floor of the stand and landed on a pile of rubbish underneath.
56 people died.
athull08 3 months ago
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DudeKingTV 3 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
The announcer treats the fire like a sport.
rikolasdf 3 months ago
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rikolasdf 3 months ago
Terrifying how quickly that spread. Is it really nearly 30 years ago?
bobilleg74 3 months ago
Es waren damals 56 Tote und 265 Verletzte und die Menge jubelt..Ich glaube dennen war es damals garnicht bewusst was sich hinter der Tribüne für ein Drama abspielt als sich hunderte Menschen versuchten sich vor dem Feuer in Sicherheit zu bringen aber die Notausgänge verschlossen waren weil der Veranstalter einfach nur Schiss hatte das sich nicht zahlende Fans ins Stadion schleichen...Die Ursache war nur eine brennende Zigarette von einen Fan die den Müll unter der Tribüne entzüntet hat.56Tote
hochspannung79 3 months ago
this proves smoking should be banned
hommage101 3 months ago
Most died when they went down an escape tunnel to find the gates had been locked.
Bravehear71992 3 months ago
Like the Station Fire, and Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, this is another lesson that as soon as you see any fire, or even hear a fire alarm or smoke detector, get away. If it turns out to be nothing, or a false alarm, so be it. But it also may grow quickly, and a chance that hesitation will cost you your life.
zenmachinefilms 3 months ago
so sad
jonnyhendrixson 4 months ago
This video and the reaction of the crowd, makes me think that what The Sun wrote about Hillsborough was in fact true.
RbVDK 4 months ago
@RbVDK Lies mate. Pure fabrication based on a right wing opinion that all liverpudlians are natural thieves.
spuddy83 3 months ago
The guy on fire at 5:48 died later in the hospital.
loner1878 4 months ago
How did the fire start?
godbacks09 4 months ago
@godbacks09 someone dropped a cigarette. It fell through the floor of the stand and landed on a pile of rubbish underneath.
athull08 3 months ago
cheering and clapping while people burn to death in front of them.
unbelievable
entropy44 4 months ago
this is why theres no smoking in stadiums
snarfmaster411 4 months ago
I remember this..i was 23..I hope those idiots who were cheering are now hanging their heads in shame
bittylover2 4 months ago
Amazingly as a huge footie fan I'd never even heard of this until tonight when they showed us this very footage at work to emphasise how quickly fire can escalate. Somebody actually left the room upset when the man walked onto the pitch burning. Horrible scenes
This incident deserves far more remembrance than it gets. I'm not comparing anything, but it really should be up there with Hillsborough and such.
Meteddica 4 months ago
Pure disaster. Rest in peace
staporinac 4 months ago
3:23 many people happy with it
Zheige 4 months ago
@Zheige
I figure they don't realize people have been killed at that point.
loner1878 4 months ago
I see some comments about how the people died, what we don't see here in the video is the worst part the poor supporters who attempted to leave by going back down into the stand and leave via the turnstyles but like today's games once the match is going they are locked, and sadly on this day they stayed locked. Respects to all effected on that day.
vfffffvfvfv 4 months ago
This film must have been a significant part in creating the stereotype of soccer hooligans who notoriously rioted and stampeded at a number of games through the 80's and early 90's, leading to hundreds of death and many more injuries. Too much booze, too little brains, or both?
inkyguy 4 months ago
@inkyguy No not really it was caused by rubbish under the stand catching fire nothing to do with hooliganism
the Heysel disaster was what caused the stereotype as us English being hooligans
after that all English sides were banned from playing in Europe (Expect the national side)
Which lead widespread hooliganism when England played abroad most notably Germany 88' Italia 90' Poland 93' Landsdown Road 95' England 96' France 98' Belgium 00' and Germany 06'
DaleWF10 4 months ago
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inkyguy 4 months ago
OMG so sad! :'( Worst thing I've ever seen in a football game. Also shame for the supporters who where singing and jumping after the fire occured. Rest In Peace <3
MadeMafia18 4 months ago
JUST FROM 1 LITTLE CIG :(
MaccaGoalkeeping 4 months ago
if this would have happened today the death toll would have been near on 200 due to health and safety rules governing the police,so many brave coppers saving so many lives R.I.P.
TheAdge31 4 months ago
So so sad, I beleive it was worse then Hillsborough
TVfunnypeople 4 months ago
As a Bradford City fan,every time i see this i cry.I wasn't born when this happened but my mum and dad was!I just wish people would have more respect on this video.We should not be arguing over 'who teams the best' or anything,we should be watching this and remembering the people who lost their lives!<3 C.T.I.D!
ilikechicken12233445 4 months ago
Why are they still chanting?
I went to Valley Parade last week and saw the memorial, it just makes you think how tragic it really was.
RIP.
OnlineMDP 4 months ago
Remember watching this on telly as a young kid, my dads face was just disbelief.
YNWA
hoot7969 4 months ago
as a liverpool fan i never knew of this horrific day but the people of bradford i say you'll never walk alone R.I.P
MrJackharp 4 months ago
rip to all those all lost there lives that dreadful day, mark- chelsea fan.
markiemark1965 4 months ago
Im not sure how 59 people died. hopefully it was was the smoke, not the fire. Fire is a bad way to go
BeardedClamMeister 4 months ago
@BeardedClamMeister It would probably be smoke but, apparently, there were bodies found at the back of the stand by the locked doors.
marcluc1988 4 months ago
harrowing
essexboy24 4 months ago