United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 11 months ago

BBC News - Blackpool Tower 'fire' was actually fluttering orange netting

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BBC News - Blackpool Tower 'fire' was actually fluttering orange netting

United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 11 months ago

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Blackpool Tower 'fire' was actually fluttering orange netting

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

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1•11 months ago
The BBC followed this up with an article about similar stories, including the two different “soft toy mistaken for an escaped tiger” ones.

It does also remind me of the (in)famous “false leg mistaken for paedophile” incident.

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