Synopsis
A gripping account of the worst offshore oil-rig disaster in history – newly updated for the 30th anniversary.
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...
Details
28 June 2018320 pages
9781509868223Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Fire in the Night is rare and riveting, among the classics of Scottish reporting.Andrew O’Hagan
Genuinely gripping reading...[McGinty] has an eye for the illuminating detail, both human and technicalThe Scotsman
The stories of how survivors escaped from 'the inferno' of the rig are truly heart-stoppingThe Herald (Glasgow)
