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Jul 31, 2023 · The key contribution of the emergency services and healthcare workers in responding to the Summerland fire disaster has been formally recognised. The complex was filled with 3,000 people on 2...
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 ...
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 .
Sunday 30 July 2023, 4pm, St George’s Church Douglas. A National Service of Remembrance was held to mark the 50th anniversary of the Summerland disaster, and presented the opportunity to pay tribute to those who died, survived or responded to the fire.
The loss of 50 lives at the Summerland fire in 1973 is without doubt the biggest tragedy the Isle of Man has endured in living memory.
A collection of first-hand accounts of the Summerland Fire in 1973. This oral history project marks the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that took place in Douglas on 2 August 1973 and which continues to cast its dark shadow over so many individuals and communities.
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