By JESSE GRAHAM
About 200 people were evacuated from the Healesville’s RACV Country Club during a false fire alarm this afternoon.
Fire trucks from Badger Creek and Healesville CFAs raced to the club about 4pm today (Tuesday 25 November) after a fire alarm went off.
Staff at the venue responded quickly, evacuating about 200 people to the emergency meeting point near the tennis courts on the grounds while four fire trucks arrived at the incident.
At 4.35pm it was announced that the incident was a false alarm and that it was safe for people to return to the site.
RACV Healesville Country Club manager Mark Lucas said the incident was a “good fire drill” for the venue and praised staff and firefighters for their quick thinking.
He said water bottles were provided to the evacuated visitors while they waited for the firefighters to deal with the incident and that there were no injuries.
The false alarm follows another earlier in the day in Smith Street, Healesville.
