To celebrate the fact that Blackpool Tower was never actually on fire enjoy these 19 memes

Yesterday we got the news that a fire had broken out at the top of Blackpool Tower, and we all mentally prepared ourselves for one of the UK’s iconic landmarks to be burned to a crisp. Only for it to be revealed that there was never a fire at Blackpool Tower, and someone had mistaken a piece of orange netting for flames. I would be so mortified I’d go into hiding.

So, in what is possibly the most fitting end to 2023, let’s celebrate the fact that Blackpool Tower is still standing with these 19 fire memes. And yes, that sounded funnier in my head.

1. It’s no laughing matter

https://twitter.com/iggigg/status/1740411146601955518?t=FKtvHDW9zeSL236V97wpjg&s=07&fbclid=IwAR30VQSzOIe0e0QwULZ3rQ3bNgPZQpyySNpatrrt_JDNsDYgdARLTSwi204

2. I won’t be taking questions at this time

"You told her the Blackpool Tower was on fire"

"Yes it is!"

"It's orange netting over there blowing" pic.twitter.com/NXX1heNsPc

— teen of tuna🐟 (@BRATTYBARBl) December 28, 2023

3. Tobias Funke has my whole heart

OH MY GOD BLACKPOOL TOWER IS HAVING A FIRE sale pic.twitter.com/4bHWwccFCP

— Jack Bernhardt (@jackbern23) December 28, 2023

4. Someone get him on the Blackpool Tower case right now

the blackpool tower wouldn’t have stood a chance against him pic.twitter.com/o97Nu8uiaf

— ella (@iwanttauroras) December 28, 2023

5. A Blackpool Tower carol

And the Blackpool Tower, which did NOT set on fire! pic.twitter.com/gvXwYyLHoW

— David Chipakupaku 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇿🇲 (@David_Chippa) December 28, 2023

6. Water and orange netting is the love affair we never knew we needed

pic.twitter.com/IA5JbSMmVO

— battles (@B4TTL3S) December 28, 2023

7. Blackpool Tower fire, meme edition

pic.twitter.com/lpRM6P9wbv

— Captain Howdy (@MajorPazuzu) December 28, 2023

8. And actually it really was fine after all

This is Fine pic.twitter.com/y4J656n4DD

— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) December 28, 2023

9. At least they got their steps in for the day, right?

“I believe you have a very funny story from your time as a member of Lancashire Fire Brigade. Tell us about when you had to climb the 563 steps of Blackpool Tower to remove a sheet of orange plastic netting” pic.twitter.com/QFx83LA72L

— Mo' (@mocent0) December 28, 2023

10. Bet they feel absolutely gutted

"We are tourists. We just came to visit the famous Blackpool Tower fire" pic.twitter.com/NOUxVd8oqq

— Bacardi Oakheart (@Midgetgems26) December 28, 2023

11. I’m glad we got clarification

Kings of Leon just messaged to say your sex is actually just orange plastic netting flapping in the wind.

— Matt Oakley (@MattOakleyMojo) December 28, 2023

12. It’s the most terrifying thing I’ve ever laid eyes on

Meanwhile in Blackpool pic.twitter.com/tTU5wzUERV

— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) December 28, 2023

13. What a fitting end to 2023

Iconic sequence, 10/10, no notes pic.twitter.com/EAwtdUZnel

— Dr Philip Lee (@drphiliplee1) December 28, 2023

14. She’s going to absolutely smash it out of the park

BREAKING: ITV have announced that Sheridan Smith will portray the Blackpool Tower in the upcoming drama ‘Towering Inferno’ which will cover the events of the fire that never was. pic.twitter.com/bAGn6vh8Uu

— ed (@erar97) December 28, 2023

15. Fire and netting are virtually one and the same

“I’m travelling to Blackpool, which my Bradshaw’s guide tells me is home to many locals who have yet to find out what fire actually is, and remains distinctly in the Pre-Mesolithic period” pic.twitter.com/60v6Ku7rRF

— Mo' (@mocent0) December 28, 2023

16. You’re never going to live that one down

“I once called out half of Lancashire’s Fire & Rescue Services to Blackpool Tower to attend the removal of some orange plastic netting” pic.twitter.com/8xyDxZuQKd

— Mo' (@mocent0) December 28, 2023

17. How am I only just finding out this information now?

Orange netting can't melt steel beams

— Stephen Graham 🇺🇦 (@StephenCVGraham) December 28, 2023

18. Blackpool Tower is in its for the plot fire era

the blackpool tower pretending to be on fire on a random thursday afternoon just for some attention from national media pic.twitter.com/AyKLAhTU4u

— stan⛷️ (@stxn_h) December 28, 2023

19. Thank god, I was really starting to worry about him

Hearing Olly Murs has marked himself as safe at Blackpool Tower

— Alexander Brown (@AlexofBrown) December 28, 2023

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