On Monday June 23, 2025, it will be 25 years since tragedy ripped through the small town of Childers and 15 lives were lost in a horrific fire at the Palace Backpackers, changing so many lives ...

Childers backpacker fire 25-year anniversary: Town’s darkest day tainted further by mass killer’s latest move As Childers prepares to mark 25 years since the darkest day in its history ...

A search and rescue operation has been launched in regional Queensland for a missing man, after a car was found abandoned in Childers.

It’s 25 years since the Childers Palace hostel fire but for some the memories remain as dark as the blackened ashes which shook a Queensland community to its core.