article_snippet.sent: Approaching the 30th anniversary of the fire, it was inevitable I would be asked to recall the horrific images from a match I was commentating on for Yorkshire Television.
article_snippet.sent: the fire Bradford City’s claimed 56 victims and injured 265 on May 11, 1985 .
article_snippet.sent: A memorial at Valley Parade pays tribute those who died  in the devastating blaze almost 30 years ago .
article_snippet.sent: I cannot bear to watch the footage.
article_snippet.sent: If I hear my voice describing a terrible human tragedy as a terrible human tragedy unfolded I have to leave the room.
article_snippet.sent: Many of the 54 Bradford and two Lincoln fans who lost their lives, choked to death with inhalation of fumes.
article_snippet.sent: The smell was of acrid tar.
article_snippet.sent: As a Bradfordian myself I knew many of those fleeing for their lives, as I attempted to describe the scenes without becoming over-emotional.