Hundreds of people were evacuated from a library in Australia after a rotten tropical fruit was mistaken for a gas leak.
The incident happened at Melbourne university library.
However, when specialist crews arrived to investigate the origin of the smell, they found a rotting durian fruit in a cupboard.
Rotting durian at Melbourne @RMIT campus: 500 people evacuated, dozens of firefighters donned breathing apparatus to investigate source of stench https://t.co/Sw6tq2qq5o pic.twitter.com/waTmgBA1QI
— Channel NewsAsia (@ChannelNewsAsia) April 29, 2018
