FOUR people have been confirmed dead after an embankment collapsed onto a house in Ellen Road in Malvern this morning.
Garreth Jamieson of Rescue Care confirmed that one of the deceased is sadly, a small boy, aged around nine.
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Various emergency services were called to the scene at about 1am today.
The rescue team managed to rescue and stabilise two people who were trapped in the mudslide.
Jamieson said three more people are believed to be trapped at the scene, however, rescue operations have been postponed due to the “unstable and dangerous” conditions.
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