The owners of the Penhallow Hotel in Newquay that burned down three years ago are to face prosecution for the alleged breach of fire precautions.
Three other people are also having prosecutions taken out against them by Cornwall Council and Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service, for the same reason.
It follows a comprehensive investigation into the fire precautions at the hotel in Island Crescent, which was razed to the ground by the blaze.
Summonses have now been issued on both the owners of the hotel and three individuals employed by the company.
The first court hearing will take place at Bodmin Magistrates Court on Thursday, October 21.
A Cornwall Council spokesperson said: “As legal proceedings are now under way the council and the fire and rescue service are unable to make any further comments at this time.”
Holidaymakers Joan Harper, 80, Monica Hughes, 86, and her 43-year-old son Peter died in the blaze that broke out at the hotel in August 2007.
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