Quick thinking security staff at Parliament House have extinguished a fire in the Great Hall near the front public entrance.
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ACT Fire & Rescue were called to building at 1.39pm after an automatic fire alarm was triggered.
On arrival fire fighters found a curtin had caught fire, believed to have been sparked by a nearby light fitting .
Security staff had extinguished the flames.
The area was temporarily evacuated and the room ventilated.
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