Monday, 30 April 2018

An Australian university was evacuated when a pungent fruit was mistaken for a gas leak

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  • An Australian university library was evacuated on Saturday over a suspected gas leak that turned out to be the smell of a rotting durian.
  • 500 people were evacuated after the pungent smell traveled through the air-conditioning system.
  • Durian is the world's smelliest fruit and is banned in taxis and hotels throughout Asia.


An Australian university library was evacuated after a rotting fruit was mistaken for a gas leak.

Firefighters arrived at the campus of RMIT in downtown Melbourne around 3 p.m. on Saturday after receiving a call about a suspected gas leak. As a precautionary measure, police evacuated approximately 500 students and teachers.

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