Hostel fire survivor recounts seeing man near burning rubbish

A survivor of last year's Australian hostel fire which killed 15 young backpackers has told a court that he saw a man resembling the suspect near a burning rubbish bin shortly before the blaze.

A survivor of last year's Australian hostel fire last year which killed 15 young backpackers, has told a court that he saw a man resembling the suspect near a burning rubbish bin shortly before the blaze.

English backpacker Neil Griffith told Brisbane Magistrates Court that he found the can filled with burning paper when he went into a room at the Palace Backpackers Hostel in Childers, Queensland on June 23.