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superman7515
May 4th, 2016, 06:21 PM
May 1985, Bradford vs Lincoln City, with Bradford celebrating the Football League One (think D3) soccer championship that would guarantee their move up to Division Two for the first time since 1937. Someone dropped a cigarette in the stands and less than five minutes later, 56 people were dead, most burned alive trying to escape through the turnstiles or still trapped in the stands, and it was all broadcast on live television.


The following is NSFL (Not Safe For Life) as you will see some pretty seriously injured people (people so hot their hair bursts into flame, smoke coming off their bodies, and one dude walking around legit on fire who died), so if that's not your bag, you were adequately warned.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIxN3ypB3rw