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Stephen McGinty Fire in the Night (Paperback). Author: Stephen McGinty. On 6 July 1988 a series of explosions ripped through the Piper Alpha oil platform, 110 miles north-east of Aberdeen in the North Sea. Only sixty-one would survive by leaping over 100 feet into the water below. Further DetailsTitle: Fire in the Night Condition: New Author: Stephen McGinty Publisher: Pan Books EAN: 9781509868223 Format: Paperback Subtitle: The Piper Alpha Disaster ISBN-10: 1509868224 ISBN: 9781509868223 Release Date: 06/28/2018 Language: English Genre: Science Nature & Math Topic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Technology & Engineering, Biography Item Height: 197mm Item Length: 131mm Item Width: 22mm Item Weight: 224g Description: The fire was visible from seventy miles away and the heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle the rig at a perimeter of one mile. On the surface of the sea, a converted fishing trawler inched as close as possible, but the paint on the vessel’s hull blistered and burnt. In the water surrounding the inferno, men’s heads could be seen bobbing like apples as their yellow hard hats melted with the heat.On 6 July 1988 a series of explosions ripped through the Piper Alpha oil platform, 110 miles north-east of Aberdeen in the North Sea. Ablaze with 226 men on board, the searing temperatures caused the platform to collapse in just two hours. Only sixty-one would survive by leaping over 100 feet into the water below.Newly updated for the thirtieth year since the tragedy, Fire in the Night by journalist Stephen McGinty tells in gripping detail the devastating story of that summer evening. Combining interviews with survivors, witness statements and transcripts from the official inquiry into the disaster, this is the moving and vivid tale of what remains the worst offshore oil-rig disaster to date. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Release Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
