Bradford City fire: who says what about new claims?

A book has re-opened the debate over the Bradford fire – but a new investigation looks unlikely

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The Bradford City fire, which claimed the lives of 56 football fans in 1985, is back in the headlines after The Guardian serialised a book by one of the survivors, which links the club's then chairman to at least eight other fires at businesses he owned or had connections to.

Martin Fletcher, who lost relatives from three generations of his family in the blaze, does not believe the fire was an accident and says his family are no longer prepared to live a "myth".

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