A service of remembrance and dedication of a memorial to mark the 40th anniversary of the Summerland fire disaster takes place tonight.
Douglas Mayor Carol Malarkey will preside over the proceedings at the Kaye Memorial Garden, in Queen’s Promenade, Douglas.
The service will be led by Archdeacon of Man Andrew Brown.
The memorial takes the form of three granite columns set into a circle of paving.
It bears the names of the 50 people – including nine children – who died.
The memorial will join the site of a stone laid by Douglas Council in August 1998 to mark the 25th anniversary of the tragedy. The service starts at 7.45pm.
A spectator area has been set aside and the Summer Hill slip road will be closed to traffic from 7pm to 9.30pm.
The fire led to the island’s biggest death toll in peace time since 1929. An inquest returned a verdict of death by misadventure, while a public inquiry found there were ‘no villains’.
