Childers victims' families take legal action
The families of 15 backpackers who were killed in an Australian hostel fire three years ago are to sue the owners and government officials for negligence, their lawyer said today.
The youngsters – including 24-year-old Irishwoman Julie O’Keefe from Limerick – died when flames tore through the Palace Backpackers Hostel in Childers, a Queensland farming community, in June 2000.
