Why did the pier burn down?
Gretchen Rogahn
2025-05-23 16:57:30
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The owners of the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare discovered this to their cost in 2008 when a fire broke out following an electrical fault. The alarm went off as it should do at 1.35am but the emergency services were not called until 7am, allowing the fire to take hold and eventually burn down the entire structure. The fire broke out following an electrical fault. When the pier underwent a £51 million rebuild in 2010, Sovereign were selected to install and maintain a new fire system that could protect huge numbers of visitors, the pier’s employees and, ultimately, one of the west country’s landmark buildings.
Luella Marvin
2025-05-14 15:52:12
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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. South Parade Pier is destoyed by fire again during the making of Ken Russell's film 'Tommy' in 1974. In a scene with Oliver Reed, smoke can clearly by seen. The pier has been destroyed by fire 3 times, the most infamous being in 1974 during the making of the film 'Tommy'.
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