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Melbourne university evacuated due to rotting fruit

Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward at 2018-04-29 10:42:23
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BBC News reports [bbc.com]

More than 500 students and teachers were evacuated from a university in Melbourne, Australia, as a result of a smell initially suspected to be gas.

But it turned out the "gas" that students smelt at a Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology library was a rotting durian found in a cupboard.

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Durians are a prized fruit in South East Asia with a sweet and creamy flesh, but their smell can take some getting used to.


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