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Fire at Rio Olympic Village leads to Australian evacuation

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Australia's athletes and officials were evacuated from their accommodation at the Olympic Village in Rio on Friday due to a fire.

A tweet from the Australian team's official account confirmed a "small fire in the basement of the team building" had prompted the evacuation and no one was injured. Firefighters soon cleared the building and allowed the team to re-enter its temporary home.

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The fire brigade were quickly on the scene and the AOC's emergency management plan was put in place pic.