• Patsy Hollinger urges people of Bradford to demand full investigation
• Labour’s Andy Burnham calls for fresh investigation
• Extract: ‘Darkness fell with such speed – it was too black, there was nothing’ ’
The secretary of the Bradford City supporters’ club when 56 people died in a blaze at Valley Parade in 1985 has said he considers Martin Fletcher’s book about the disaster to be “the truth” and urged the people in his city to follow what Liverpool’s fans have done with Hillsborough and demand a full investigation.
Patsy Hollinger, who also worked at the club as their groundsman, said he felt personally vindicated after challenging Stafford Heginbotham’s various accounts of the fire, saying he also knew there had been at least nine fires at Bradford businesses either owned by or with links to the former chairman.
Related: Bradford fire: Labour’s Andy Burnham calls for fresh investigation
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