ITV News viewers were left bewildered last night when it was suddenly pulled off the air as a fire alarm sounded in the studio. The sound came just after 10.30pm as Gamal Fahnbulleh was presenting a nightly news bulletin for ITV Granada News, which covers the north-west of England.
Viewers left baffled as a fire alarm siren sounded, forcing staff in the building to evacuate. The show was immediately cut off and switched over to a Yorkshire ITV News programme. Many viewers posted on social media, questioning what had happened in the studio. One Twitter user wrote: ‘So did we all just hear that noise on ITV?’ Another questioned: ‘What happened with the ITV Granada news tonight? Was there an incident in the studio? Hope all ok?… It’s quite worrying isn’t it?’
A third social media user said: ‘Yeah I saw that, it’s now showing Yorkshire news instead. Hope everything’s ok.’ ITV Granada Reports swiftly tweeted out on their social media account: ‘Apologies to all watching our late news tonight, as you may have been able to hear a fire alarm went off in the building and our team had to evacuate.
‘Thanks to our colleagues at ITV Calendar for taking over our broadcast.’ Another said: ‘Ahh I wondered what was going on, I heard the tannoy saying evacuate the building, glad everyone is ok.’ A third exclaimed: ‘That explains it! Hopefully all ok.’
Many viewers were relieved to hear the news that everything was alright, with one person replying: ‘I wondered what had happened but as always handled it very well glad to hear that all team are ok & safe. Glad it was just a false alarm.’
