- Author
- Klem, T. J.
- Title
- Fifty-Six Die in English Stadium Fire.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA
- Journal
- Fire Journal, Vol. 80, No. 3, 128-132,134-140,142,144-147, May 1986
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
- Keywords
- stadiums
- Abstract
- At approximately 3:40 pm on Saturday, May 11, 1985, 56 people died and more than 300 were injured, many severely, as a result of a rapidly spreading fire at an outdoor soccer stadium in Bradford, England. The fire occurred in the main grandstand, which may have been occupied by as many as 5,000 people. The portion of the grandstand in which the fire began consisted of wood bleacher seats and flooring and lightweight wood materials. A double-peaked wood roof covered the entire 290-by-55-foot grandstand.