No further charges over hostel arson that killed 15

An Australian coroner today ruled that no additional charges should be brought over an arson attack at an Outback hostel that killed 15 tourists.

Six Britons, four Australians, two Dutch, one Irish, one Japanese and one South Korean died when a fire tore through the overcrowded Palace Backpackers Hostel in Childers, Queensland state, on June 23, 2000.