On 15 January 1995 at approximately 3:30am, a fire was deliberately lit in a three-storey block of apartments in Sydney's south-west suburb of Liverpool. The fire travelled up the stairwell to the top floor, killing seven adults and one child. It was believed the carpet at the bottom of the stairwell was soaked with an accelerant.
Liverpool Apartment block arson
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Information sources
Ministry for Police & Emergency Services, 1995 January Liverpool fire, 18 September 2011, website viewed 26 October 2011
The Australian, ‘Homicide investigates arson in horror blaze’, 16 January 1995, p 1, viewed 26 October 2011
The Spokesman-Review, ‘Eight die in Sydney apartment fire’, 15 January 1995, website viewed 26 October 2011