Backpackers' families plan hostel fire lawsuit

The families of some of the backpackers who died when an arsonist set fire to an Australian hostel two years ago are to sue its managers for alleged negligence, a lawyer said today.

Backpackers' families plan hostel fire lawsuit
Mon, 22 Jul, 2002 - 08:40

The families of some of the backpackers who died when an arsonist set fire to an Australian hostel two years ago are to sue its managers for alleged negligence, a lawyer said today.

Fifteen young travellers were killed on June 23, 2000, when an itinerant drifter started a fire in the timber Palace Backpackers Lodge in Childers, Queensland state.

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