Here is a copy of a message I got from my Washington Post news feed. I
thought it might be of interest to folks here:

Add cause for a university evacuation in Australia to the long list of
reasons that durian may be the world’s most maligned fruit.

About 3 p.m. Saturday local time, Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade
sent out an alert about a chemical hazard at the Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology.

The smell of gas had been reported in a library on campus, the fire
department said. A hazardous-materials team was dispatched to the scene
to investigate potentially dangerous chemicals” stored in the building.
Amid fears of a gas leak, Victoria Police evacuated about 500 students
and teachers from the library.

It's tough to say whether the culprit was more or less frightening than
what the alerts portended.

After a comprehensive search, firefighters identified the smell was not chemical gas, but gas generated from rotting durian, an extremely
pungent fruit which had been left rotting in a cupboard, the
Metropolitan Fire Brigade said in a statement titled "Rotten afternoon
on campus," just to drive home the point.

The smell had moved around the building via the air conditioning
system, fire officials added.

Dale Shipp
fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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Quoting Dale Shipp to All on 05-01-18 00:41 <=-

It's tough to say whether the culprit was more or less frightening
than what the alerts portended.
After a comprehensive search, firefighters identified the smell was
not chemical gas, but gas generated from rotting durian, an extremely pungent fruit which had been left rotting in a cupboard, the
Metropolitan Fire Brigade said in a statement titled "Rotten afternoon
on campus," just to drive home the point.
The smell had moved around the building via the air conditioning
system, fire officials added.

I wonder if it had been left there as a prank... or if it merely was
forgotten about... ;) Quite the story... :)

ttyl neb

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