Fire forces evacuation of Australian team building in Rio Olympics athletes' village

A small fire has forced the evacuation of the Australian team's building in the Rio Olympics athletes' village.

The fire broke out in rubbish in the underground carpark of the building about 4.40pm Friday local time, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said in a statement.

"The AOC Emergency Response Plan was activated and approximately 100 athletes and officials were evacuated in an orderly and controlled fashion," the statement read. 

"The stairwells filled with smoke but the fire was confined to the carpark and no one was injured."

Firefighters were called in to extinguish the blaze, and team members were allowed to return to the building about 30 minutes later, the AOC said. 

The AOC and Rio 2016 have since launched an investigation. 

It follows Australian officials declaring the team building unsafe to live in until repairs were undertaken earlier this week. 

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Australian Chef de Mission Kitty Chiller said the building had blocked toilets, leaking pipes, exposed wiring, unlit stairwells and dirty floors. 

Ms Chiller said a "stress test" had resulted in water flowing down walls, a strong smell of gas and shorting in electrical wiring.  

The building was then repaired, and athletes had moved in.