article_snippet.sent: Thirty years after the Bradford City fire which killed 56 football supporters, a new book written by a survivor of the Bradford City fire disaster claims it was not an accident.
article_snippet.sent: The Story of the Bradford Fire, which is being serialised in The Guardian.
article_snippet.sent: The Story of the Bradford Fire, which is being serialised in The Guardian stops short of a direct accusation of arson but inferences are clear and he is certain more should have been done at the time to investigate the disaster and those responsible.
article_snippet.sent: No-one has sought accountability for Bradford Fire since the official inquiry chaired by High Court judge Oliver Popplewell recorded its findings following five days of hearings held less than a month after the blaze.
article_snippet.sent: the official inquiry chaired by High Court judge found that a small fire was probably caused by a spark from a discarded cigarette or match dropped through a gap in the wooden frame of the main stand on to piles of rubbish which had been collecting for years.
article_snippet.sent: Bradford Fire was noticed towards the end of the first half and within four minutes the stand packed with 4,000 spectators was fully ablaze.
article_snippet.sent: There were no fire extinguishers and no designated fire escapes.
article_snippet.sent: The remains of the stand at Bradford's ground after the disaster on Saturday May 11, 1985 at Valley Parade .
article_snippet.sent: Investigators look around the burned out stand at Bradford's ground following the tragedy in 1985 .
article_snippet.sent: The charred remains of a Bradford programme from the day of the fire in which 56 people were killed .
highlights_snippet.sent: - The Story of the Bradford Fire' 