About 300 people were evacuated from Uni Lodge in Civic after a fire in a student accommodation complex on Saturday night.
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The Emergency Services Agency said ACT Fire Rescue was called to Uni Lodge on Childers Street just after 10:30pm.
"Firefighters arrived a short time later to find a small food fire on level five of the building," it said in a statement.
"The fire was quickly extinguished while residents were evacuated."
Fire crews ventilated smoke from the building before allowing people back inside.
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