Eight injured after balcony suddenly collapses at waterfront home in Anglesea, Victoria

Eight people and a dog have been injured after a balcony suddenly collapsed during an outdoor lunch that went horribly wrong. 

Emergency services rushed to the home on O’Donohue Road in Anglesea, west of Torquay in Victoria, just before 2pm on Saturday.

‘It’s believed the group were lunching on the balcony when it collapsed, causing all eight people to fall about 2.5m,’ a Victoria Police spokeswoman told the Geelong Advertiser.

‘Three men, three women and two teenage girls were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.’

Ms McLeod said crews from the State Emergency Service had cordoned off the area and a building surveyor is set to attend the scene to examine the structural damage.  

Crews from the SES and firefighters from Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) as well as crews from the Country Fire Authority (CFA) are also at the scene.

A SES spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia the timber structure fell onto three people. 

‘SES along with ambulance crews and the CFA helped to extricate the people trapped underneath,’ the spokeswoman said

Emergency services rushed to the home on O’Donohue Road (pictured) in Anglesea, west of Torquay in Victoria, on Saturday afternoon after the balcony collapsed

The property is understood to be located near the corner of Melba Parade. 

Daily Mail has contacted Victoria Police and Ambulance Victoria for further comment.  

More to come.