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

Newtown property where three died in a fire is listed for sale but Inner West council says Albert Wong did not make it safe for public

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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.