Both Mr Boitano and Mr Chard say they smelt kerosene at the origin area of the fire. His account supports those given by former Luna Park employee Frank Boitano and another park patron, Greg Chard. Mr Visser is the third witness to state they remember smelling kerosene inside the ride. "There was definitely an accelerant used in there, absolutely," he said.
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He said he was coming forward now after watching the ABC's EXPOSED documentary series and realising other people smelt kerosene inside the ride late that night, supporting his belief that the fire was deliberately lit. Mr Visser has kept his mother's original kerosene cookers and has shown them to the ABC. And that smell, that kerosene-burning smell, is something that stays with you all the time." "As a child, my mother had kerosene cookers to keep the soup warm. "If kerosene is burning, I could pick it straightaway. "I'm only saying what I saw and experienced. I'm not making it up," he said. Now, 42 years later, Mr Visser says he is prepared to be interviewed by police and sign a sworn statement. He was also never called to the coronial inquest. Mr Visser is one of many witnesses never contacted or interviewed by NSW Police.
The ABC's EXPOSED documentary series revealed the officer in charge of the Luna Park fire investigation, Detective Inspector Doug Knight, was a corrupt "fixer" who accepted bribes from criminals to thwart and manipulate investigations. "You believe what you hear from the police."īut the announcement by NSW Police that the blaze was caused by an electrical fault was baseless. "When I heard the news report the next morning that an electrical fault, well, you just believed the police, because the police are law-abiding people," he said. He wanted to speak to police the next day and tell them about the kerosene but says he was deterred by the actions of the officer in charge.
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