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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

Council takes owner of gutted Sydney boarding house to court over concerns for safety of passersby

Firefighters at the Newtown boarding house.
The Newtown boarding house was the scene of a fire that left three people dead in March. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The owner of a Sydney boarding house where three people died in a blaze is being taken to court by the local council after allegedly failing to make the gutted property – currently listed for sale – safe for passersby.

The Newtown block was recently put on the market, amid calls for a portion of the sale to go to the residents who survived the blaze and an overhaul of the regulatory system overseeing properties of its type.

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