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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2017, file photo, a cut Musang
King durian is shown by a vendor during the International Durian
Cultural Tourism Festival in Bentong, Malaysia. The pungent smell of the
rotten durian fruit at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
university campus library in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday, April
28, 2018, was mistaken for a gas leak, prompting an evacuation of the
building. Specialist crews wearing masks searched the library, but all
they found was rotting durian in a cupboard. About 600 staff and
students cleared the building. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf, File)
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Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia
The pungent smell of the rotten durian fruit at an Australian university library has been mistaken for a gas leak, prompting an evacuation of the building.
Specialist crews wearing masks searched the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology university campus library on Saturday, but all they found was rotting durian in a cupboard.
About 600 staff and students had cleared the building.
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade spokesman said the smell alarmed staff and students as it permeated the air-conditioning system.
Durian is a tropical fruit known for its strong smell. It is commonly banned from hotel rooms and public transport across Southeast Asia.
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