"There's absolutely no need for another inquiry. Retired Detective Inspector Raymond Falconer has told the BBC documentary - Missed Warnings: the Bradford City Fire - that he interviewed Mr Bennett. Video, 00:01:09Courtroom escape sends police officer flying, How to get and use the NHS Covid-19 app. Video, 00:01:43How to get and use the NHS Covid-19 app, 'Vote him out': Trump booed at US Supreme Court. A retired detective has told the BBC how officers worked out it was a man visiting from Australia called Eric Bennett who accidentally started the fire but a decision was taken at the time not to release his name. The detectives eventually tracked down all the survivors apart from two men who had been visiting from Australia. Missed Warnings: The Bradford City Fire will be shown on BBC1 in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on 12 May at 10.45pm and on BBC2 nationally on 22 May at 11.20pm. He told them what was happening. Video, 00:03:20Missed warnings: The Bradford fire, Bradford City fire remembered. More than 200 people were taken to hospital following the blaze, many with terrible injuries. The truth is, that he dropped a cigarette and he was quite unequivocal about it. "He said he smoked a cigarette, dropped the cigarette onto the floor in front of him, went to put his foot on it, but it had unfortunately dropped through, he said, a knot hole.". And I felt extremely sorry for him. .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. He had travelled from Australia with his nephew. and called for a fresh investigation into the disaster. The official inquiry into the fatal tragedy concluded that it was an accident and was probably started by a spectator dropping a cigarette. ", Smoke over Bradford football stadium in 1985 (Rex), The retired officer said: "He was obviously troubled. Video, 00:02:02The prisoners fighting Californiaâs wildfires, The man who filmed his ordeal under rubble. Haverhill fire and police were dispatched about 7:15, … An investigation into the 1985 fire at Valley Parade ruled the blaze started after a discarded cigarette fell through the wooden seating onto rubbish that had been accumulating for years. Detectives eventually tracked down all the survivors expect two Australians, one of whom was Bennett. While never directly accusing the businessman of starting any of the fires, Fletcher asks, "Could any man really be as unlucky as Heginbotham had been?" Investigators reconstructed the seating area at a police station to work out who sat where. Relatives of Mr Bennett have confirmed many of the details of that day to the BBC but said he never told them he had dropped the cigarette that started the fire. Video, 00:00:53, The prisoners fighting Californiaâs wildfires. Video, 00:01:38Third time's a Mercury Prize for Michael Kiwanuka. A retired officer has told a BBC documentary − Missed Warnings: The Bradford City Fire – police now believe the man who dropped the cigarette was an Australian man called Eric Bennett, who has since died. But I suspect they'll find nothing of any value.". But the rest... Well, we know the tragic result of what happened. He makes no direct allegation against the club's chairman in the book, but does ask if any man could be as "unlucky" as Mr Heginbotham appeared to be. But Sir Oliver Popplewell, speaking to the BBC, said: "I think the conclusion that this was arson is mistaken. ", Remains of Bradford football stadium after the 1985 fire (Rex). The book, Fifty-Six: The Story Of The Bradford Fire, was written by Martin Fletcher, a Bradford City fan who lost four members of his family at the fire. It is repeated nationwide on BBC Two at 23:20 BST on Wednesday, 13 May. Police have revealed the identity of the man who they believe was responsible for starting the fire at Bradford City's stadium that killed 56 people, according to a documentary. This was all somehow ignored, put off, filed as something to sort out later. Missed Warnings: The Bradford City Fire is on BBC One Yorkshire and Lincolnshire at 22:45 BST on Tuesday, 12 May. :: Missed Warnings: The Bradford City Fire will shown on BBC One in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire tonight at 22.45pm and on BBC Two nationally at 23:20pm tomorrow.
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