at least eight people were killed and 265 were injured on May 11 , 1985 , when the Bradford City fire disaster occurred at Valley Parade . Martin Fletcher 's mother , Susan , told her son about the disaster on May 11 , 1994 , that killed her other son , husband , brother-in-law and father-in-law . Then-Bradford chairman Stafford Heginbotham was linked to Fifty-six other fires before the disaster at Valley Parade . Fletcher is releasing his book , 'Fifty-Six - The Story of the Bradford Fire '
Fifty-six people were killed and 265 were injured on May 11 , 1985 , when the Bradford City fire disaster occurred at Valley Parade . Martin Fletcher 's mother , Susan , told her son about the disaster on May 11 , 1994 , that killed her other son , husband , brother-in-law and father-in-law . Then-Bradford chairman Stafford Heginbotham was linked to at least eight other fires before the disaster at Valley Parade . Fletcher is releasing his book , 'Fifty-Six - The Story of the Bradford Fire '