NSW:Fire put out at Sydney Olympics venue

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2010
NSW:Fire put out at Sydney Olympics venue

SYDNEY, Dec 6 AAP - Firefighters have extinguished a blaze in an air conditioning unit
at the Olympic Park Athletic Centre in Sydney's west.

About 100 people evacuated the building in Edwin Flack Avenue after smoke was spotted
shortly after 1pm (AEDT) on Monday.

NSW Fire Brigades Superintendent Ian Krimmer said the fire began in a basement air
conditioning unit and was quickly put out.

Crews are ventilating the building and the evacuees are expected to return. Nobody was injured.

The athletics centre served as a warm-up venue for elite athletes during the Sydney Olympics.

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