![]() Detectives eventually tracked down all the survivors expect two Australians, one of whom was Bennett.įalconer said he got a version of events from Bennett after he interviewed him in the wake of the disaster. Investigators reconstructed the area of the stand where the blaze occurred in order to work out who sat where. "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." Retired detective inspector Raymond Falconer said a decision was made at the time not to release the name of the man who may have accidentally started the fire that killed 56 people.įalconer told the BBC: "He said he'd been at the match, he'd been sat in the stand, right where we knew the seat of the fire had taken place. 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.Īn 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.Ī 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. ![]() Crowds on the pitch at the Valley Parade stadium after a stand caught fire Getty Images
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