Small fire forces Australian team's evacuation from Rio village

Rio de Janeiro: Australian athletes briefly had to evacuate their apartments Friday after a small fire in the troubled Rio Olympics Village.

The Australian delegation, preparing to compete in the Games that start August 5 in Rio de Janeiro, went into the street until given the all clear. No one was hurt and there was no serious damage.

"There has been a small fire in the basement of the team building in the Olympic Village. All athletes and staff were evacuated and are fine," the team said in a Tweet.

Team spokesman Mike said "there was a lot of smoke and we had to evacuate. The fire fighters came, it was controlled and we returned. There was no big drama," he said.