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Downunder Hostel fire

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Hotel firesKings Cross, New South WalesMurder in SydneySeptember 1989 events in AustraliaUse Australian English from October 2016

The Downunder Hostel Fire was a lethal fire on 17 September 1989, set shortly before 5:00 am in a backpackers hostel on Darlinghurst Road in the Kings Cross area of Sydney, Australia. The fire was the fifth most deadly disaster in Australia in 1989.

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Downunder Hostel fire
Darlinghurst Road, Sydney Potts Point

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N -33.873694444444 ° E 151.22338888889 °
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Wintergarden

Darlinghurst Road 57
2011 Sydney, Potts Point
New South Wales, Australia
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