Blackpool Tower 'Fire' Incident

A reported fire at the top of Blackpool Tower on Thursday afternoon December 28th was found to be an orange sheet of tarpaulin blowing in the wind & lit up by sunlight. The flapping tarpaulin looked convincingly like flames, however there was no smoke. A man was also arrested at Blackpool Tower on suspicion of breach of the peace.

[AmyBun]

my dad told me the tower was on fire and my first thought was Stephen will be down there as fast as he can go lol Funny that it turned out to only be reflective orange netting blowing and not an actual fire, glad everyone is safe and theres no danger or damage to the tower. It did look like a fire on the video BBC news were showing though so I can see why it escalated as much as it did.

[davidking]

My heart sank when I saw it on the news, and then that turned to huge relief. Gr8 content as usual, Stephen 👌👍👍

[sharonnewton]

So relieved the tower is still majestically standing 😊 thank you for going out to check Stephen 😁

[ms.b]

Thank God, it was a false alarm. It is a beautiful tower and U.K. landmark and we need it to keep standing tall in beautiful Blackpool. Thank you, Stephen for your coverage. Watching from Bucks. ❤

[jrsc.]

Was anxiously waiting for your report Stephen! the man in the know.

[georgesmellie]

Thanks again Stephen for venturing out in that weather for us

[HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

Thabks for the update. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Stephen.

[iancasson]

Never miss your videos Steve love it all kicking off again 🤪

[stephenguppy]

Thank goodness it was a false alarm. When the news said it was on fire I felt physically sick at the thought of it. Thank you for your video explaining it all.

[pwiller]

At least one thing has come out of this incident. The staff etc of the Blackpool Tower did an excellent job of evacuating visitors etc. well done to them. Thanks Steve for another interesting blog. Keep up the good work.

[Gill-Leeds]

Glad it was a false alarm. Knew you would get there and find out whats happening. Thank you Stephen our man on the scene, 👍

[helenharrigan]

Knew you would be there Steven, always first to give us updates

[wendyjones]

Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as always im so relived that there was no fire I was worried have a great evening xx

[martynrussell]

Was so shocked when I first heard about it! So glad it was a false alarm!! Blackpool without the tower unthinkable!!!

[mildredschulz]

another great video Stephen. It’s always kicking of in Blackpool. the next storm ⛈ is on its way. Stay safe and keep warm Stephen 👍🧑‍🎄🎄❤️❤️❤️

[onetalentedman]

Always interesting reporting from Mr Blackpool. Keep up your good work.

[reecelucasfilms]

You were the first person I thought of when I read the headlines

[scott]

Thanks for reporting on this Stephen I was wondering what had happened

[LeodisTrainSpotter]

This just proves how fast the media are to see and believe anything and instantly jump straight to the scene without actually using common sense, a fire.. that is on the top of the metal structure's roof... is burning.. without any smoke, might give that fire an offer in the Blackpool circus cause that is a pretty cool trick.

[Christine-xqep]

Oh dear those big rides have hardly been up and running at all this season with all these storms, such a shame. Well Blackpool made the news today with the 'fire'. How could there be a fire right up there at the top! xx