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This is a link post Its difficult to click "I like this" for a video like this
Bradford City stadium fire, 1985. Raw footage. It gets particularly disturbing at about 6:00.

Posted because I remember watching it while it happened, and thought others might too. It's astonishing to see just how quickly the inferno spreads.

/edit: Not posting it for entertainment value, so if people object by all means it can disappear.
 (I helped save b3ta! Pew Pew Pew! Lasers! wannabe Gong Farmer, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:10, Reply)
This is a normal post gah
I do not like this at all, seen it a few times during fire marshall training so not watching it again
 (Halfy By light alone, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:12, Reply)
This is a normal post I have seen it
in fire training too. Took the wind outta me. Not nice.
 (I helped save b3ta! Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:20, Reply)
This is a normal post If you get something
out of watching 56 people die a horrendous death in a tragic accident - this link is not necessary :(
 (otl, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:48, Reply)
This is a normal post At the same time
it does show how quickly a fire can get out of hand - and how devastating the results can be. Not lessons that you would ordinarily get a chance to learn before it's too late.

From what I remember, the fire spread across by being channeled by the roof. The later smouldering victims quite far from the initial source were heated by the radiation from the fire - despite being far from it. Very very scary.

I would agree not nice - but I'll take a video like this to educate over a shock site any day. Not necessary? Important not to forget the lessons, I feel.
 (I helped save b3ta! Claws of Doom I am no longer infected, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:53, Reply)
This is a normal post If the video is being
shown as part of fire training, then I suspect the lessons are not being lost by those who need to remember them.

I'm personally uneasy about such things being on the internet and available to everyone when it's possible and likely to be used as a non-contextualised shock video by idiots (not that this thread is doing that.)

I don't see what lessons I could learn by watching it, so I won't.
 (I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 23:52, Reply)
This is a normal post not watching that.
too :(
 (I helped save b3ta! spesh., Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:13, Reply)
This is a normal post i watched it too
during a football trophy presentation. very fucked up
 (I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:34, Reply)
This is a normal post I watched that rather grim day for real as well
live when it popped on the telly; dreadful stuff
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:34, Reply)
This is a normal post those cheeky scamps running and cheering at the camera didnt think that

(I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 8:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Horrific. Really horrific.

(I helped save b3ta! Wildyles is back to rimming chimps, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:39, Reply)
This is a normal post I would have wanted to smack the shit out of those fans who were cheering,
and blowing their stupid horns.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 22:42, Reply)
This is a normal post I was going to post a similar response.

(I helped save b3ta! redazril I LIKE DRUGS!, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 23:04, Reply)
This is a normal post The benefit of hindsight
As far as they could see everyone was either out or getting out. Later on when it's clear that's not the case the singing is pretty absent.

They can't be blamed for not knowing 56 people would die there because it hadn't yet happened.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 23:10, Reply)
This is a normal post No, they were just being ignorant yobbish bigoted fucking tabloid reading twats.
A huge fire like that and they don't stop to think people might be hurt? Only football fans could celebrate something like that.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 14:33, Reply)
This is a normal post I was there
I don't need some spastic on the internet reminding me of people on fire on a comedy website. But yeah, if you want to watch people die on fire then watch this. You'll have great time.
 (bogus official shove it up your cunt, Sun 11 Jul 2010, 23:39, Reply)
This is a normal post I couldn't give a shit whether you were there or not
I hadn't seen this before and I am now more knowledgeable for seeing it. Thank you OP.
 (PassTheKhat, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 2:41, Reply)
This is a normal post i had to watch this on a fire marshal training course
one of the guys watching it with me pissed himself laughing when the copper caught fire.
Cunt.
 (I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 0:36, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not a fan of the fuzz at the best of times
but that guy sounds like he needed a forehead shaped dent in his face!
 (I helped save b3ta! mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 11:26, Reply)
This is a normal post I never knew fire could spread so fast.
I mean, I've seen some educational videos but there's nothing like seeing it for real to make it bloody well sink in. I always imagined if there was a fire at work I could happily collect my coat and bag from my locker, even though they say not to, and get out in plenty of time. I think I'll be putting that notion to bed now.
 (I helped save b3ta! vix0r was not Matthew on, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 0:41, Reply)