A house has toppled down a hill in an apparent landslide in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, leaving one man in hospital.
Emergency services were called to a property on View Point Rd in McCrae – about 59km south of Melbourne – about 8.45am on Tuesday after a landslide caused the building to crash down.
The building collapsed and fell onto its side, encased with trees and shrubbery.
Paramedics, firefighters and the SES are on the scene.
“Volunteers are working to make the scene safe,” a spokesman for SES told NewsWire.
The house collapsed in an apparent landslide. Picture: 9News
Resident Tanina Osborne said on social media that she had just completed a swim when she heard an “almighty tumble” from behind.
She turned around and watched the house crashing and sliding down the hill.
“There’s been a massive landslide in McCrae,” she said in a video uploaded on Facebook.
“We heard this almighty tumble, like a truck load of rock had been dumped on the ground. It turns out it was a house.”
A person is injured after a house collapsed on the Mornington Peninsula. Picture: Facebook
Another resident, Kim, told 3AW the house was completely “destroyed” by the collapse.
“It is unbelievable,” she said.
“Destroyed, it has slid down (and) landed into the back of another house.”
A Frankston man in his 50s has suffered a broken leg as a result of the house collapsing.
He was treated by paramedics on the scene and was trasnported to Frankston hospital in a stable condition.
The house toppled and crashed to a property below. Picture: Facebook
Point Nepean Rd has been closed in both directions between Latrobe Pde and Coburn Ave.
VicEmergency has issued a warning for residents to stay away from the area, as the slope may continue to move for hours or days afterwards.
There is currently no risk to the foreshore camping area.
