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Blackpool Tower 'fire' was actually fluttering orange netting (BBC News)

Firefighters were called to an apparent fire near the top of the 129-year-old landmark.

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'Fire' at Blackpool Tower turns out to be flapping orange netting (The Guardian)

Specialist climbing teams ascend structure of Lancastrian landmark, with flames visible near its viewing platform.

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'Blaze' at Britain's Blackpool Tower turns out to be orange netting ... (CNN)

A fire has broken out at Blackpool Tower, a historic landmark on the northwest coast of England.

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Blackpool Tower fire: Fire crews called to iconic landmark (BBC News)

Flames are spotted coming from near the top of the 129-year-old landmark in the Lancashire resort.

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Blackpool Tower on fire - six fire engines in attendance (Blackpool Gazette)

Videos circulating on social media show the top part of the tower well alight – in the area underneath the Crows Nest where visitors can climb up stairs and ...

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Blackpool Tower fire: Police reveal 'flames' are in fact orange netting ... (Sky News)

Firefighters said they were responding to a blaze in the area - but what was presumed to be flames are in fact orange netting, police said.

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Blackpool Tower on fire - what we know so far (Lancaster Guardian)

Videos circulating on social media show the top part of the tower well alight – in the area where visitors can climb up stairs and get fresh air.

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Blackpool Tower 'flames' were actually ORANGE NETTING blowing ... (Daily Mail)

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said earlier today that six fire engines and a drone team had been sent to the iconic structure and urged people to 'stay ...

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Flapping orange fabric atop Blackpool Tower mistaken for fire – video (The Guardian)

A man has been arrested after early reports of Blackpool Tower being on fire transpired to be video footage of orange netting blowing in the wind.

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Police say 'fire' at Blackpool Tower was orange netting fluttering in ... (The Independent)

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service urged people to not fly drones around landmark structure.

Witnesses thought they saw flames coming from the historic ... (WUNC)

The tower, completed in 1894, in the seaside resort town in northwest England, was at the time the tallest manmade structure in the British Empire.

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Specsavers and JustEat poke fun at Blackpool Tower blaze confusion (Blackpool Gazette)

"Free eye tests in Blackpool tomorrow," Specsavers cheekily tweeted after orange netting was mistaken for a fire atop Blackpool Tower yesterday.

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Blackpool Tower fire: Five other times people were fooled by false ... (BBC News)

After orange netting was mistaken for flames, we revisit five other big public "whoops" moments.

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Man arrested after orange netting at Blackpool Tower confused for ... (Blackpool Gazette)

Police have issued an update on a man who was arrested at Blackpool Tower after a "fire" was reported at the iconic landmark.

Witnesses thought they saw flames coming from the historic ... (Connecticut Public Radio)

The tower, completed in 1894, in the seaside resort town in northwest England, was at the time the tallest manmade structure in the British Empire.

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EastEnders' Cheryl Fergison posts sincere Blackpool Tower tribute ... (The Independent)

Heather Trott actor asked her followers to 'forgive me for being passionate about the Blackpool Tower' after reported blaze turned out to be nothing of the ...

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