<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A tree deemed safe by a Melbourne council has come crashing down into a home as a mother and her two children were just metres away. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The family had repeatedly reported their concerns to Merri-bek City Council with fears the tree would fall and kill them. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At lunchtime yesterday the gum tree toppled, slamming into a Coburg house.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/doc-wants-help-to-find-young-waitemat-harbour-dolphin-entangled-in-fishing-net/2ccd3216-ccc2-41cc-882f-d1c0e9174c57" rel="" target="" title="Officials searching for young dolphin entangled in a fishing net"><strong><span>Officials searching for young dolphin entangled in a fishing net</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tania Kanaan was inside with her newborn and one-year-old at the time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You don't know what to think. You just grab your little ones and you just want to keep them safe," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's really scary."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/tree-falls-on-home-coburg-melbourne-topples-merri-bek-city-council/6b7dac72-ca48-4cd6-ada2-3335c7bc7985" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kanaan said an arborist had come to assess the gum tree in September.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He assured me that the tree was was solid and I'm more likely to die of natural causes than the tree falling down," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-charged-over-gun-in-luggage-at-sydney-airport/32f3ee31-eaea-4f18-b441-3372da39e73c" rel="" target="" title="Man allegedly took 80-year-old shotgun through airport"><strong><span>Man allegedly took 80-year-old shotgun through airport</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It just feels like council is valuing these trees more than people's lives."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think it's a wake up call for the council, and I think they need to take immediate action in providing safety and security of their public," her husband Kamal said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a statement to 9News, Merri-bek City Council said "the tree was inspected and assessed as not showing any signs of instability or structural issues".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>