“We heard this almighty sound and thought that a truck had lost a whole lot of gravel, but instead it was this house.”
She added: “I know the people who used to own his house – fortunately they sold it … I think it’s fallen onto another house.”
The house appears to have been built on View Point Road.
Speaking at a press conference, acting premier Ben Carroll said he had only just heard about the incident, but his thoughts were with the family in the home.
“It must be devastating for them, and obviously, their neighbours as well,” he said.
“This will be something that obviously the planning minister, the minister for building … all the authorities will look at what’s happened here [and] consult with the local council. But it hasn’t been an issue that’s been raised previously.”
Kim, a caller on radio station 3AW, said the house fell into the back of other homes on Penny Lane.
“There are still two houses at the top of the hill that haven’t been impacted,” she said.
“The units that are on the street level … they’re still standing okay. And the house just came down behind [them] and collapsed.”
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