article_snippet.sent: fire Bradford City Valley Parade claimed 56 victims and injured 265 on May 11, 1985 .
article_snippet.sent: fire broke out near half-time of Bradford's game against Lincoln on May 11, 1985, and was thought to have been started by a spark from a match or a cigarette dropped through a gap in the wooden frame of the main stand on to piles of rubbish which had been collecting for years.
article_snippet.sent: fire broke out near half-time in Bradford's game.
article_snippet.sent: Devastating: fire broke out near half-time during Bradford's game against Lincoln on May 11, 1985 .
article_snippet.sent: But instead, May 11, 1985 ended in tragedy as flames engulfed the Main Stand at Valley Parade.
article_snippet.sent: The Valley Parade blaze is considered fire the history of British football and prompted important safety changes in grounds across the land .
article_snippet.sent: fire was noticed at 3.40pm towards the end of the first half and within minutes the Main Stand at Valley Parade packed with 4,000 spectators was fully ablaze.