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BBC South East Team Evacuated During Breakfast Broadcast After Fire Alarm

A fire alarm forced a regional evacuation, prompting a switch to the BBC London feed.

Overview

  • The South East regional bulletin was taken off air, with viewers shown BBC London as presenter Thomas Magill explained the evacuation.
  • BBC Breakfast continued nationally with Sally Nugent and Jon Kay, and other regional handovers proceeded as scheduled.
  • BBC South East had not provided additional information or an official comment at the time of publication, according to outlets that sought a response.
  • Later London bulletins made no reference to the evacuation, suggesting the immediate disruption had passed by the end of the programme.
  • The incident follows a separate recent disruption in Scotland, where a fire at BBC Scotland’s Glasgow headquarters took Radio Scotland’s breakfast output off air.