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- A real-estate agent burned down a property while preparing for an open house, a court ruled.
- Her employer was ordered to pay $550,000 in damages to the homeowner and renters.
- The destroyed house in Australia was valued at around $2 million, according to one report.
An Australian real-estate agent accidentally set a multimillion-dollar property on fire while preparing for an open house, according to a recent court judgment.
According to the judgment, the fire at the property in an affluent Sydney suburb started on the afternoon of May 25, 2019.
The court document says that the only person in the property at the time of the fire was Julie Bundock, who was the acting real-estate agent for its sale.