By News Ltd
12 June, 1989
By Jack Picone
08 June, 1987
By News Ltd
15 June, 1979
By News Ltd
15 June, 1979
By News Ltd
15 June, 1979
By Dave Fullagar
10 June, 1979
By Uwe Kuessner
10 June, 1979
By Uwe Kuessner
10 June, 1979
By Mike Bromley
10 June, 1979
By Uwe Kuessner
09 June, 1979
By Uwe Kuessner
09 June, 1979
On the evening of June 9, 1979, seven people were killed when a fire broke out on a ride at Luna Park in Sydney, Australia. 35 people were on the Ghost Train ride when thick smoke began billowing from the tunnel doors at 10.15pm. Staff immediately raised the fire alarm and began pulling people from the ride as their cars exited the tunnel. Others attempted to escape the fire by jumping clear of the burning train, and became trapped inside the tunnel. The bodies of six children and one adult were later found inside the ride. The fire razed the Ghost Train complex and it took firefighters an hour to contain the blaze before it could cause any significant damage to surrounding rides. The park was immediately shut down and a full-scale coronial inquiry into the incident was conducted. Police initially attributed the cause of the fire to a fault in the park’s electrical wiring, although the coronial inquiry later found that the ride’s permanent wiring and attractions were not the source of the ignition. The fire forced the closure of Luna Park until 1982, when it reopened under a new name and new owners. The investigation of the fire was reopened in 1987, although no new evidence was presented, and the cause of the fire has never been determined. 


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