article_snippet.sent: No-one sought accountability for the fire once the official Popplewell Inquiry had recorded the official Popplewell Inquiry findings following a series of hearings held less than a month after the blaze.
article_snippet.sent: Sir Olive Popplewell told Sky News today that Sir Olive Popplewell was not aware of the previous links to fires in 1985.
article_snippet.sent: Sir Olive Popplewell said they were a 'remarkable coincidence' but that it did not alter Sir Olive Popplewell ruling that the tragedy was an 'accident exacerbated by negligence'.
article_snippet.sent: Sir Olive Popplewell added: 'If they had been aware of these fires at the time of course they would have demanded further investigation, but I am not sure what they would have revealed.'
article_snippet.sent: Former sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe said today that the new allegations do not justify a new inquiry in to the disaster.
article_snippet.sent: But I think The inquiry by Mr Justice Popplewell was very thorough at the time
article_snippet.sent: I do not believe there was any sort of cover-up and in fact The inquiry by Mr Justice Popplewell led to a lot of recommendations on stadiums that together with the Taylor report came up with the right answers for football.
article_snippet.sent: According to the Independent, it would be up to Home Secretary Theresa May to order a new inquiry but this would not be unlikely to happen before the election next month.