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The Summerland disaster occurred when a fire spread through the Summerland leisure centre in Douglas on the Isle of Man on the night of 2 August 1973. 50 people were killed and 80 seriously injured. The scale of the fire has been compared to those seen during the Blitz.
Feb 1, 2024 · Yet, on a small island in the Irish sea, lies what remains of a building where 50 people lost their lives. A disaster that shook the Manx community to its core, and left many families grieving ...
- Joshua Stokes
Aug 2, 2023 · Fifty years ago, 3,000 people were enjoying an evening of entertainment at the Summerland leisure complex on the Isle of Man when fire broke out. Fifty people died as a result of the blaze and a...
Jul 29, 2023 · A digital exhibition outlining the events of the Summerland fire disaster has been made available online. The blaze, which broke out on 2 August 1973 at what was then Europe's largest indoor...
Jan 31, 2024 · A total of 50 people died, and 80 more were seriously injured, after a fire spread through the island's leisure complex on 2 August 1973. It was, at the time, the worst peacetime loss of life in a...
- Joshua Stokes
Apr 22, 2024 · A man from Jordanstown who escaped the Summerland fire disaster in 1973 has joined other survivors and relatives in renewing calls for a fresh inquest.
Aug 4, 2023 · The main causes of death for the victims were suffocation, carbon monoxide poisoning, burns and multiple injuries from falling. A total of 102 people were injured - almost all were holidaymakers who had come for a break from the north of England. The fire was thought to have been started by a discarded cigarette.
