Grenfell brought back memories of Summerland fire | Letter
Deborah Gahan remembers a fire on the Isle of Man in 1973 and says the Grenfell Tower inquiry shows how little has changed
Do you remember Summerland ? I did, on 14 June 2017, when I saw the images of Grenfell Tower burning on the news. Summerland was a holiday complex on the Isle of Man that burned down on 2 August 1973, killing 50 people and seriously injuring a further 80.
It was designed as an all‑weather tourist attraction with a capacity of 10,000, but its walls were clad with combustible materials and the roof, made of Oroglas, an acrylic sheeting, was to melt in the heat on to those trapped below.