A poignant reminder. I cannot believe it was 30 years ago, next year. The video still sends a shiver down my spine!.....RIP. http://www.ifsecglobal.c...stadium-fire-remembered/

Others the police – demonstrating a level of incompetence seen again four years later in the Leppings Lane stand at Hillsborough – actually ushered to the exits at the rear of the stand – to their doom. The rear exits, the police hadn’t realised, had actually been boarded up or padlocked' I have just copied and pasted the above quote from the link posted previously. I have watched the video footage on many occasions and did a study into this for my NEBOSH Diploma many years ago. Please excuse my ignorance if I'm wrong, but from my recollection of the video the police ushered the fans to the front towards the pitch and not to the rear of the stand (how could they the fire was in that area). The Police did a marvelous job given the circumstances on the day, one officer of which I remember his hair catching fire trying to rescue people. It wasn't the Police's incompetence that the fire started in the first place or that the gates were locked. It seems to me this report has some inaccuracies, in which I find sad. RIP the victims.

I don't think anyone would mind you venting/ranting or screaming a little Brian. Sometimes it is the only way to show the true depth of feeling and get some sort of peace.

The event was horrific, as is the video. It does not need inaccurate and sensationalist journalism and maybe the link should be removed.

'Others the police – demonstrating a level of incompetence seen again four years later in the Leppings Lane stand at Hillsborough – actually ushered to the exits at the rear of the stand – to their doom. The rear exits, the police hadn’t realised, had actually been boarded up or padlocked.' Got as far as that in the article and gave up, lack of incompetence by the person writing the article doesn't help either. As said already, Bradford Fire and Hillsborough two completely different situations and in fact two different Police Forces. If the person who wrote the article wants proper info on Hillsborough i'd be happy to assist as he is clearly not clued up on that either, as it wasn't just the terraces that were the issue, it was also outside in the turnstyle area leading into the stadium which led to even more crushing inside due to incompetence from 'some' of the police that day. And to blame the Police for ushering people to locked exits is beyond reprehension.