ON the main street of Henty about 30 people gathered together as they prepared to flee.
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There was a time yesterday afternoon when residents were contemplating the possibility their homes could be overrun by a fire menace from the west.
At the town’s outskirts, the staff at the hospital and aged-care home gathered medical records up in plastic bags and labelled them.
A bus was ready to pick up the elderly and those without families in the event of an evacuation.
At Dale’s IGA on the main street, Ken Jones was manning the cash register as the store was hit by a flurry of scared locals.
“A lot of people were worried,” he said.
At the hospital and aged care home, health service manager Jeff Bedford said they had gone around to their patients and told them they could be evacuated, making an effort not to frighten them.
“We said it’s unlikely it’s going to happen but if it is we’ll come back and let you know what is going on.”
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