Aged care facility on Sullivan Rd at Tallebudgera evacuated after fire ignited in roof on Wednesday morning
Elderly residents and workers at a southern Gold Coast aged care facility were evacuated after a fire broke out in a building.
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A southern Gold Coast aged care facility has been evacuated after a fire ignited in the roof of an activities building.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) firefighters were called to the facility on Sullivan Rd at Tallebudgera about 8.20am.
It’s believed the facility is St Andrews at Tallebudgera.
Four QFES crews attended and firefighters spent several minutes dousing the “small fire”.
Alarms were sounding and residents and workers had already evacuated, a spokesman said.
Firefighters spent a short amount of time working to locate the fire.
Queensland Police Service was also called about the “fire in a roof space”, a spokesman said.
It was expected emergency services would have to contend with relatively heavy traffic in the area due to roadworks.
Queensland Ambulance Service has also been called to Sullivan Rd, but there was no reports of injuries.
The QFES Fire Investigation Unit will be investigating the cause of the fire.
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