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Gas forces UC library users to evacuate

STUDENTS and staff using the library at the University of Canberra, in Bruce, were forced to evacuate after reports of gas. 

Firefighters are investigating the source of the smell.

Update: 3.30pm, May 10

Firefighters have completed a search of the building and located the source of the smell.

HAZMAT crews conducted atmospheric monitoring to ensure the area was safe.

The library is now being reoccupied and the building has been handed back to University of Canberra staff.

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