{"id":342607,"date":"2018-01-06T11:50:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T10:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/live-itv-news-bulletin-forced-off-air-by-fire-alarm-video-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-01-06T11:50:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T10:50:17","slug":"live-itv-news-bulletin-forced-off-air-by-fire-alarm-video-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/live-itv-news-bulletin-forced-off-air-by-fire-alarm-video-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE ITV news bulletin forced off air by fire alarm (VIDEO) \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.01\/thumbnail\/5a4ddfe7fc7e93c14c8b4567.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 4 Jan, 2018 08:06 <\/time><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Edited time: 5 Jan, 2018 18:18 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        ITV News at 10 was forced to stop broadcasting after a fire alarm went off during a LIVE bulletin. Presenter Tom Bradby told viewers they had to interrupt the program and leave the studio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p><em\/><em>\u201cWe still have a fire alarm here and we\u2019re not quite sure what to do about it, so I\u2019m really, really sorry about this, but I\u2019m afraid we have to evacuate the building,\u201d<\/em> Bradby said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: <em>\u201cThese things happen and unfortunately it\u2019s happened tonight and we have no choice, so I really apologise. We\u2019ll get back to you with the rest of the programme if we possibly can, but for now it\u2019s goodnight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I8ebU2ggDK4\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The screen then showed a holding page which read:<em> \u201cWe\u2019re sorry for the disruption. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We\u2019re <\/em><em>working hard to fix the issue and we will return to normal programming soon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was later confirmed that it was a false alarm and no one was injured. The channel went back on air less than ten minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>After the show, Bradby tweeted: \u201c<em>Sorry about the disruption tonight. False alarm, it <\/em><em>seems. <\/em><em>Words fail me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sorry about the disruption tonight. False alarm, it seems. Words fail me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tom bradby (@tombradby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tombradby\/status\/948692064476246017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The alarm can be heard going off in the studio just as news was being reported of yet another Twitter spat between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter user, Rebekah, said: <em>\u201cNothing quite as eerie as watching the @itvnews at 10 report on the worrying eagerness of @realDonaldTrump to use his #NuclearButton \u2013 when the live programme is interrupted by fire alarms and a polite apology from the news presenter explaining he will need to evacuate.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An ITV News spokesperson said: <em>\u201cWe apologise for the interruption during the live broadcast of News at Ten this evening due to a fire alarm in the building.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAll staff were safely evacuated according to fire drill procedures.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/414968-itv-fire-alarm-evacuated\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 4 Jan, 2018 08:06 Edited time: 5 Jan, 2018 18:18 ITV News at 10 was forced to stop broadcasting after a fire alarm went off during a LIVE bulletin. Presenter Tom Bradby told viewers they had to interrupt the program and leave the studio. \u201cWe still have a fire alarm here and we\u2019re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-342607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}