BBC News live broadcast interrupted as staff forced to evacuate building; Details here

The BBC News was abruptly taken off the air and its staff were hastily evacuated during a live broadcast on February 7, 2023, due to a fire alarm. The incident led to the interruption of the live programming and BBC North East and Cumbria reporters had to evacuate before the breakfast show. An apology statement was later issued, saying: “Apologies to our Look North viewers. The fire alarm went off just before our last breakfast bulletin which meant we had to evacuate the building. We will be back at 1:30 with the lunchtime Look North.”

The Newcastle-based studios are responsible for local news broadcasts for the North East and Cumbria regions, with main national news broadcasts being carried out from studios in Manchester. The sudden interruption of the live broadcast caused confusion among viewers.



It appears that this is not the first instance of a fire alarm causing disruption to a live BBC broadcast. In March, while hosting a live interview with The Apprentice winner Harpreet Kaur, presenters Rachel Burden and Roger Johnson was interrupted by a fire alarm. Rachel had to pause the interview, saying that they might need to slow down the program due to the alarm.

Presenter Rachel Burden expressed her apologies to viewers and explained that the presenters were forced to evacuate the studio due to a fire alarm. The voice over the alarm could be heard instructing people to evacuate the building immediately, via the nearest exit, and to not use the elevators. Rachel mentioned that they would try to return before the end of the show if possible.

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