What famous pier was on fire in the UK?
Nathanael Rempel
2025-06-04 08:33:38
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It was twenty years ago when people in Brighton watched as a fire engulfed the city's derelict West Pier. The fire was a suspected arson attack, which also dashed hopes that the pier would be restored to its former glory. Nobody has ever been held responsible for the suspected arson attack. Rachel Clark, the Chief Executive of West Pier Trust, remembers that day and said We all knew it was arson. The West Pier first opened in 1866, and at the height of its appeal, some 2 million people paid to visit in 1919. Brighton's West Pier as it looks today is a remnant of its former self. The West Pier Trust which owns its remnants, is now focused on restoring a kiosk saved in the 90s. Ms Clark added: It was a huge loss to everyone, every resident of Brighton.
Joyce Schroeder
2025-05-23 02:26:54
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Firefighters were called to tackle the blaze at Fleetwood Pier in Lancashire during the early hours of yesterday morning. The ramshackle pier is the second to disappear in flames this summer following a fire two months ago which destroyed the famous Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare. Despite their best efforts the fire raged for more than four hours and left little more than a mass of twisted and charred metal. When they got there it was well alight and structurally it has been destroyed. The pier, built towards the end of the great age of pier building in 1910, had fallen into disrepair and had been boarded up when rough sleepers moved in. It was the jewel in Fleetwood's crown – everybody headed there and everybody knew it – and in the last few years it has been just nothing.
Jocelyn Becker
2025-05-14 17:39:39
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South Parade Pier has a very colourful and eventful history: it has been destroyed by fire 3 times, the most infamous being in 1974 during the making of the film 'Tommy'.
In 1974, South Parade Pier is destoyed by fire again during the making of Ken Russell's film 'Tommy'.
In a scene with Oliver Reed, smoke can clearly by seen.
The pier was completely destroyed by fire in 1904.
After this devasting fire the pier was sold to the Portsmouth Coorporation and rebuilt as a pleasure pier at a cost of £85,000.
A huge storm damages the pier further in 2014, but this is not a fire.
The pier has been restored and is once again open to the public to enjoy.
The future of the pier was in doubt after it emerged the owners were losing money, but this is not related to the fire.
Changes in ownership, lack of investment, neglect and disrepair then lead to the forced closure of the pier in 2012 by the council amid safety fears.
Garret Cummerata
2025-05-09 17:42:08
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The fire that gutted Eastbourne pier’s Grade II listed Victorian dome is the latest in a litany of blazes on seaside piers down the years. Eastbourne pier itself has stood for some 144 years. Heartbroken Eastbourne residents and regular visitors can at least be thankful that firefighters rescued much of the pier even if its most recognisable structure was gutted.
Brighton West Pier, 2003, Opened in 1866 Brighton’s west pier survived more than a century before being closed over safety concerns in 1975. When a fire broke out in March 2003 firefighters were unable to reach the blaze due to a collapsed walkway caused by a storm four months before. Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare, 2008, An alarm company was found to be negligent by a court over the fire that effectively destroyed the Grand Pier in 2008. Hastings Pier, 2010, Hastings pier was effectively destroyed – 95% of the upper structure no less – just days after architects had been invited to submit designs for redevelopment. Southend pier fire, 1976, Blamed on a dropped cigarette the 1976 Southend pier fire spread quickly.
Miles Carter
2025-04-30 14:04:41
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The Pavilion was destroyed in an arson attack, and then on 11th May the Concert Hall, already seriously damaged in a huge storm the previous December, was also deliberately set on fire. The Pavilion was destroyed on 28th March. Fire in the Pavilion taken on 28th March 2003. The Concert Hall was also deliberately set on fire on 11th May. The Concert Hall, already seriously damaged in a huge storm the previous December, was deliberately set on fire.
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