{"id":179695,"date":"2025-06-03T15:58:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=179695"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:48:43","slug":"education-centre-emc-briefly-evacuated-after-smoke-in-technical-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/06\/03\/education-centre-emc-briefly-evacuated-after-smoke-in-technical-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Centre EMC briefly evacuated after smoke in technical room"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smoke was released in the Education Centre of Erasmus MC on Tuesday morning. A fire had broken out in one of the cooling devices in the technical room, causing heavy smoke. Three floors were briefly evacuated. These have since been reopened.<\/p>\n

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The Education Centre in Erasmus MC.<\/span><\/p>

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At around ten o\u2019clock, the fire brigade received the alert. At first, it was thought to be a larger fire due to the thick smoke. This turned out not to be the case when it became clear that a cooling machine had caught fire internally.<\/p>\n

The fire brigade quickly brought the small fire under control, according to a spokesperson for the Rotterdam-Rijnmond Safety Region. As a precaution, the third, fourth and fifth floors of the Education Centre, where lecture halls 1 and 2 are located, were briefly evacuated. Students were present. Within an hour, they were able to return to the floors and resume their studies.<\/p>\n

There is no damage, reports a spokesperson for Erasmus MC. The cause is still under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\t

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